A step-by-step guide to performing the koden shibari form by applying the technical fundamentals tetori sankaku (手取三角), hon musubi (本結び), and fuchin (浮沈).
Translated as “skylark”, it does not refer to the knot of the same name, but to the rope reinforcement applied on the forearms, especially in gote-type forms.
Although in Japanese ippon is a counter used for long, narrow objects, and this technique is usually completed with a single rope, its name comes from a way of naming or scoring a technique in martial arts.
Literally, it means “reversed rope”, referring to the change of direction applied to the rope by laying it over itself. In shibari, this principle is what we know as “counter-tension”.
It is an application of the ippon (壱本) technique within the range of kubi shibari (首縛り) —ippon referring to the technique used, kubi to the area of application—, in which the arms are placed in front, close to the body, and the knuckles are restrained between the ropes and the neck itself, pressing on the throat.
Kubi, in Japanese, refers to three different areas of the body: the neck, the wrists and the ankles. In its culture of origin, these areas relate to the three places where the body narrows and, therefore, to the flow of mystical energies.
Yagami Ren (鵺神蓮), born on May 18, 1984—year 59 of the Showa era—in Katsushika (Tokyo), is a Japanese rigger known for creating the sekibaku (責縛) style and founding the Yagami Ryu shibari school.
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