The study of the techniques that allow us to understand and use the body during shibari is the second technical area of Sekibaku and, without doubt, the most demanding for students.
It is the area that requires the most effort from students and the most corrections from instructors.
Rooted in the traditional martial arts, the approach we have developed at Shibari Dojo westernizes and updates those foundations, reviewing them in light of what modern anatomy and biomechanics have established, as well as their application in an erotic context.
That is why we place particular emphasis on the following aspects:
Safety
Good knowledge of the body and better handling of the technique lead to safer practice.
The person being tied, in particular, takes on greater physical risks and must know their body well, how it works, what its limits are and what it can do—not to rule out the practice, but to adapt it to their condition and preferences.
Stimulation
An active body, handled efficiently, enriches erotic play: the response to stimuli intensifies, which makes it possible to take the arousal of touching and being touched to other levels within the scheme of desire.
Aesthetics
Subjective tastes aside, the body looks better when it adopts correct posture, with its natural curves and in activation: aesthetics is a consequence of function, not a goal. For the person tying, attending to the efficiency and naturalness of their movements will bring flow and dynamism to the interaction.
Adaptation
It is essential that practice and technique adapt to each person’s conditions and characteristics. To achieve that, you need to know both the technique and your own body, and be willing to listen to and understand the other person’s body and desire.
Technical approach
At Shibari Dojo we understand shibari as an anatomical restraint reinforced with rope, within an erotic context.
Other contexts—photography, acrobatics, performance—may have different requirements; that is not our territory.
Trying to acquire these skills by copying movements without understanding what you are doing, without knowing how the technique works or how to adapt it to each body and situation, means taking injury risks irresponsibly.
Adopting new postural habits or changing the way we move is a slow process. Contemporary life leads us to acquire habits that limit our mobility, and undoing them takes time and awareness.
To ease this process, we have developed a method of teaching, supervision and adaptation that makes it possible to incorporate these techniques functionally, fitted to each student’s real habits, schedule and readiness.
#MSAFE is a methodology that departs from the “martial arts,” which require continuous, constant practice to maintain and progress. Starting from principles and systems closer to the concept of functional mobility, we work with students to create personalized keys that allow them to progress and, above all, correct their main difficulties in a way adapted to their real abilities and circumstances.
There is no point telling you to exercise three times a week if you don’t have the time. It is hard enough to find a moment when the two of you can get together in private to enjoy shibari.
We stress the importance of both participants in the correct application of body techniques: both have a body, each their own.
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