Why suffering?
I was asked at our last Kinbaku Salon after the performance was over. It’s funny how you get the deepest questions at the moment when […]
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Movement in ropes
This topic came up during a discussion with a student. The original question sounded: “Why does she bend her back when there is no rope? […]
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Growing as a rope bottom
I often hear rope bottoms say, “I started as a rope bottom, but then I wanted to grow, so I started to tie.” While there’s […]
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“Where did you go?”
As I was preparing for my safety class in KOR Berlin, one perspective came up that I would like to share with you today. It’s about […]
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On becoming adult
No bottoming topics today… I’m feeling very reflective, melancholic, and raw, maybe because of my birthday, maybe because I just spent four days at the […]
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About Gote
A couple of weeks ago we had (very inspiring, and thought-stimulating <3) private students over and there was a whole day nerding about Gote. There […]
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On practice and patience
Here is the question I got from a friend who is also a rope bottom, and I think it is relatable to many of us: […]
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On rope bottoming and asking questions
In the foreword to my book, Joseph Kramer wrote “we all are rope bottoms”. I fully understood his meaning only later. We all are learning […]
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“my model is bored”
During one of the last Semenawa Labs in KOR Berlin a lovely couple caught my attention: they are practicing some floorwork, and yet keeping the […]
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