Midori

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Trailblazing educator, sexologist, artist, and irritant to banality, Midori founded Rope Dojo and ForteFemme: Women’s Dominance Intensive. She penned the first English instruction book on Shibari, “Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” in 2001, paving the way to the popularity of rope. Dan Savage calls her the “Super Nova of Kink,” while others affectionately call her Auntie Midori for her cool, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, reality-based teaching. She is also the author of “Wild Side Sex,” “Master Han’s Daughter,” and “Silk Threads.” Learn, laugh, and enjoy her special online classes, events, and art at www.patreon.com/PlanetMidori (this is where she is working on her next shibari...

Shay Tiziano

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Shay Tiziano (she/her or they/them) is a dynamic bondage performer and renowned self-suspender known for their unique, dynamic performances and friendly, attainable, and risk-awareness focused approach to kink education. She is the author of Tying & Flying, the first-ever book about self-suspension, and Creating Captivating Classes, a guide for kink and sexuality educators. Based in San Francisco, Shay has over a decade of experience presenting across the US and internationally. She has produced events and performance showcases including BENT, the Bay Area’s biggest dungeon pa....

Mx Bliss

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Mx Bliss (she/they) is a joyful sadomasochist, sensation empath, consent enthusiast, rope switch, self suspender, and lifestyle quinkster (queer kinkster). Bliss is having the time of their life learning about and connecting in rope and is eager to share the joy. She co-facilitates AlternaRope, a celebration of diversity in rope. She also volunteers for a Portland-based Consent Collective, Care PDX. Both in vanilla and kink worlds, MxBliss frequently discusses negotiation, innovation, and diversity/equity/inclusion...

MsElaine

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MsElaine and her nest-mate now roam North American in a converted bus. Nomadic lifestyle brings them back to New York.Since 2010 MsElaine has been an active member of various kink communities; including Rochester, Syracuse, and Atlanta GA. MsElaine had established and hosted the Rope Bite Middlesex while living in NY. She's traveled to international conventions and venues exploring sexuality, relationships, and BDSM. Skill sharing is the foundation of MsElaines class platforms. She can be reached on Fetlife as MsElaine. MsElaine enjoys bringing high energy and enthusiasm to her workshops with skill-share topics on any number of alternative lifestyle interests including CBT, casual rope, and polyamory. A veteran of the Rochester Erotic Arts Festival as a volunteer, polyamory representative, rigger for the Rope Fashion Show, and providing exploratory rop...

Worldsokayestropebunny & Gentleebrutal

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Worldsokayestropebunny is a born and raised Austinite whose rope journey started with bottoming in 2017. She later started self-suspending, quickly followed by learning to top. From the time she started tying until her first suspension was over a year. She believes in taking your time when learning about rope bondage and suspension. As a certified personal trainer with a background in education, her teaching style clearly and concisely relays skills valuable to...
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Blk_Diamond & His_Amira

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Blk_Diamond has been an active member of the St. Louis community for 9 years and has been tying for the past five. His rope style pulls from both the Western style as well as traditional shibari practices. Blk_Diamond prefers functional rope over decorative ties. He loves to create strenuous poses for his bottoms by using unconventional body shapes and solid foundational ties. He has learned from both St. Louis local and nationally recognized riggers and is always looking for opportunities to grow in his skill. With a sadistic sense of humor, Blk_Diamond makes learning more interactive and memorable in his classes...

Chingón Cuerdas and Sybil

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The kinkster formerly known as –Ronin–; Chingón Cuerdas is Chicago based Kinbaku educator and performer. Beginning his kink journey in 2013 has quickly developed an immense passion for rope bondage and rough body play. He enjoys creating scenes that are both physically and mentally engaging using his personal/educational background and drive for learning about topics on anatomy, sports science, and martial arts. He has been part of various local rope education initiatives such as Tying by Twilight, Chicago Rope, and Second City Kinbaku. Having also presented and performed at various events such as Ropecraft, Kinky...

Jake_Wing and Sleepless_Siren

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Jake Wing has been a rope bondage aficionado for a very long time. He ran a bondage website in the early days of the internet. He’s been active in the Austin community and is currently one of the leaders of Austin Rope Slingers, a local rope peer group. His style is a blend of the flowing style of the Japanese nawashis, the detective-magazine/Harmony style that was the only thing available in his youth, Chinese single strand intricacies, and his own inventions. He can do any of these strictly, but he prefers to blend them. His teaching style is to simplify and de...

Kasai Usagi

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Kasai Usagi (Usagi first name, Kasai last name)(They/them) is a non-binary autistic rabbit out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have been studying and practicing rope for 5 years, and teach a variety of classes and host events in New Mexico on a regular basis. A professional educator by trade, Usagi has over 10 years experience working with people with disabilities and regularly uses that work to frame a rope context.

Maki Roll

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Maki Roll (She/her) is an award winning performance artist, event coordinator and pop culture entrepreneur. The Washington DC native started her creative journey in 2010 as a cosplayer and nerdlesque performer, soon branching out to guesting, hosting and curating programming for conventions and nerdy events. Maki combines her geekiness, sexual expression and self taught artistic skill to build innovative performance and visual art experiences across mediums. She has been featured by NPR, MTV, ESPN’s The Undefeated, and The Mary Sue. She is the current Executive Producer and Owner of the historic International Nerdlesque Festi...