Ipponawa/ 1 Rope

Level 1 with William

Let’s strip it down to the bare essentials: two people, one rope.  Let’s explore how we communicate, how we interact, how we engage with one another without relying on elaborate harnesses or uplines.  Instead of focusing on the rope and the knots, can we focus on our partner with intentional quietude enough to actually listen and perceive? Ipponawa is an essentialist style of tying that relies on the fundamental element of connection with ourselves and with our partners.  

We will be working through a series of exercises designed to achieve maximal restriction with minimal means, playing with tempo and gusto to affect our experiences of tying and being tied, while learning how to better convey our intentions through the rope directly.  

This is a great opportunity for couples who tie together often to go deeper into their communication skills and dynamic.  And for couples getting to know each other, this may be a guide or a good entry point to building intimacy.  

Prerequisites:

Rigger prerequisites: confident in-rope communication skills, knowledge of safety and risk in rope. We require at least one partner of each pair to have taken Rope0.

Bottom prerequisites: confident in-rope communication skills, knowledge of safety and risk in rope, confident ability to monitor and communicate signs of nerve compression

Supplies: two people, one rope 

RSVP is $65 per pair

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Two 40% discount tickets are available per event for PoC, sex workers, and trans folks. Please reach out for the code. If cost is prohibitive and you are not part of these communities please reach out for volunteer opportunities.

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