Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

Introduction at Yoroï – Ryu for trained person

This course is designed for people who have a minimum experience and want to know my style.

My style is based on body tension and body management, more than heavy patterns. A number of choice and postulate are really different. This course has been designed to give you the key pattern to understand my logic//approach//security.

We will introduce the work around Enzo and Gyaku Ashi, and depending of the group and the time, maybe my interpretation of ArisueGo no Yokotsuri.

Inside this exercises will be mainly introduced the concepts of :

• Posture // Breathing
• Body management
• Rope and body tension
• Distance and rhythm

It’s about a way to do it, rather than achieving some patterns. The aim will always be the way to do it and understand the functionality : not to achieve it!

Also, exercises are thought for models and riggers development. In my style, there is a lot of advice and knowledge the model can learn to offer more possibilities to the session.

It’s necessary to be able to do; a single column tied, a stable 2 ropes Gote, and to have the will to improve body awareness (for model AND rigger).

Requirements :

• Will to work on body consciousness
• Good communication level
• Few kinbaku ropes (minimum 5)
• Blindfold – or a piece of all-purpose fabric
• Few round-ed carabiners

Rules :

• Being 18+
• To be medically able to do physical activities like; dance, martial art, yoga…
• No picture, video, nor sound recording. Be present : in the present.
• No topless, no bottomless : for all participants//genders.

Also please Check The Dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and Yoroï Nicolas Study Page(Artiste Site) don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is not clear to you !

Or an Ikebana expert.

Life, humans and nature are not square. Why should rope art be?

This workshop will be based on static bondage. More specifically, we are going to work very internally, in subtle motion. The point will be to develop a very organic style of  bondage, to transform the body to a nearly plant-like state; surviving and evolving through a restrictive environment.

Visually, we will work around dividing rules that you can find in Ikebana and Bonsai art. By mimicking the shape of nature, or drawing inspiration for contortions, we can create unbalanced designs and breathing challenges for the person inside the ropes.

Internally, for both the tying person and their partner, it will be about making and taking space. It is one of the best workshops I offer to work around listening, calmness, and body manipulation/awareness.

Life is about a spiral, and spiral will be one of our main tools. You can find them anywhere; from the galaxy to our DNA, but also inside our ropes! Riggers are going to put this motion and feeling inside themselves to offer it to their partner through rope.

Posture and position will also be studied through the concept of MA. This workshop leads to a thoughtful and contemplative way of tying and being tied.

Finally, it serves as a wonderful continuity to the One Rope‘s workshop.

This Workshop Will Be given with Saara Rei.

Requirements :

• Will to work on body consciousness
• Good communication level
• A lot of Kinbaku ropes(10 minimuns) and Being ready to cut them
• Blindfold – or a piece of all-purpose fabric
• Few round-ed carabiners

Rules :

• Intermediate to advance – But no Suspension Workshop
• To know my style (In depth understanding With Gyaku Ashi, Enzo, and all the work of Single rope handling) – If you come from another Style please do the Friday evening introduction First !
• Being 18+
• To be medically able to do physical activities like; dance, martial art, yoga…
• No video, nor sound recording. Be present : in the present.
• But Picture of your home Creation are Welcome ! (Specific rules will be given at each exercise)
• Nudity for the Model will be allow (But not a mandatory)

It’s a Hight Risk Workshop, especially from nerve perspective.

Some Creation

© Photo Credit : Zeryl, by Yoroï Nicolas – Brussels, Belgium, 2018.

29 September event will be done the 22 September !

Frankly, you now have an understanding of many plays on the floor and you would like to see what’s happening and how to transfer in almost levitation?

Suspension is not really complicated, but it’s better to already have some deep experience and contact with Kinbaku’s concept. In that regard, please respect the fact that tuition will open on invitation only.

In this tuition, we are going to focus on suspension. My main ones being :

• Yoko tsuri – Side supension;
• Ryo-Ashi tsuri – Mermaid suspension;
• Futomomo tsuri – Bend leg supension;
• Ashi-Kubi tsuri – Ankle suspension;
• Gyaku-Eby tsuri – Inverted shrimp suspension (or face down);
• Agura tsuri – Yoda lévitation 😉 .

From September to July, starting from yoko-tsuri(my base from ArisueGo) it will be a very clear progression to creative suspension. In fact, we will most likely always start the tuition by a Yoko-tsuri. We will of course speak about the mechanic, the risk and the evolution of each form. Depending on the group and the progression, we are also going to present the transitios and connections between each form.

As an upper harness, we are going to use mainly; Gote, Mae and Enzo 4. But we will also, from time to time, present classical variations with other upper harnesses like; Strapado, Teppo …

At the end of this program, you should be able to connect to all the masters and research classes!

During the tuition, I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides : rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // Info

• On invitation only.
• Intermediate to advanced level. (For Both – Don’t come with a new be model or somebody we didn’t train with us already)
• Model (uke) should already have a good practice and done several workshops with us (several doesn’t mean one or two). In my style : Uke and Tori develop together.
• Having a good understanding of my patterns and basics is essential.

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Week-End to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One Week-End to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Naomi, by Yoroï Nicolas – from Tokyo Decadence, Japan, 2009.

After the first tuition, what to do? How to develop, study and increase your understanding ?

So you did the workshop “One Week-End to Start”  and enjoyed it? You would like to continue to develop with us? This tuition is designed for you!

Each month, we are going to work around a different specific pattern : how to build it and how to use it. The point is to be able to reproduce it, but also to understand the logic and the philosophy behind – obviously to reuse that for other creative plays. The final goal will be to develop, within each one of us, a very personal relationship to rope, based on a solid concept.

Tuition Program type :

• Body wake up
• One rope work (specifically based on Enzo and Gyaku Ashi)
• Pattern presentation // explanation (How to do it)
• Creative exercises using the pattern
• In depth with pattern (Philosophy, Breaking Down, Simplification or Adding New Fonctionnalities)
• Back to calm // Debrief

During the tuition I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides; rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // Info

• I will present this tuition alone, so I will need volunteer(s) for the demonstration !
• Beginner – Intermediate level.
• the Class “One Week-End to Start” is required before attending. (For Both – Person who tied and person in ropes)

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Day to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One day to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Sarura Déborah & Yoroï Nicolas, by Emilio Perez, 2017.

How to start ? How to integrate the group of study ? This tuition is designed to help people to start study with us.

Since more than 10 years, after I came back from Tokyo, I have been helping people to learn Kinbaku, including a lot of international presenters. From my experience, I do consider that the beginning is the more important period. This tuition has been created to help new-commers. In this week-end, I will invite you inside my art and research. Sharing my personal experience and mistakes with you are my main tools to develop together.

All of this will be based on human interactions and the way we share time and space together, more than any visual result.

Program :

• Basic knot (one is enough ) and frictions;
• Rope and Body Manipulation (our style basics);
• One Rope pattern : Enzo, Gyaku Ashi;
• Two ropes pattern : Gote (also call Box tied//Takate Gote…) // Mae (hand in the front);
• How to play and evolve from this.
• Security Guideline (how to manage risk and be ready for everything – our philosophy);

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Day to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One day to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercise/proposition : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goals.

Let’s child out in the dojo ! Sunday Jam will be for both people who can not come in the week day and for people who like just don’t have enough !

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

Some Specific

• Respect yourself, respect other and the place, that’s the only true obligation.
• You can come to watch, meet the community, experience and practice.
• Top less is welcome, not full nudity, But there is not requirement to be topless in the space or to accept that you rope partner top be topless (all gender// from both side of the rope)
• We value Consent and Inclusion, be yourself but in respect of Other. Let them space to themselves too !
• Check the Calendar for date, that won’t be every week !

JAM SPECIFIC RULES :

• The space is dedicated for practice, socialization, and being with others who enjoy our art.
• You are very welcome to come alone: to discover, watch, meet, or try,
• This is not PEER rope, so please refrain from giving tuition during the Jam (even to a friend).
• There will be fruits, vegetables, and sometimes cake or salty desh; feel free to help yourself.
• There will be herbal tea and tea in the space too – feel free to help yourself.
• Please, if you have any allergy, then tell the organizers.
• Suspension, Rope Neck or any other risky practice will be allow only to people who has been train by a well know Teacher/Presenter/Sensei. And practice as you own risk !

Credit Photo : Sera, by Yoroï Nicolas – Brussels, Belgium, 2016

So you understand and know some basics? You’re having good fun in practice? You understand the foundations of my style, and you’re still curious about it? Let’s go deeper together.

We are going to concentrate less in the patterns, and more in the concepts. Meaning : if you are not familiar with; Enzo, Gyaku Ashi, My Gote and My Takatekote, Karada, Mae, Teppou… It may be wise to attend this Class first.

Concepts : which one ?

• Posture
• Balance and imbalance
• Breathing
• Continuity and fluidity
• In depth with body management and limits.
• Control vs leading
• …

Every month, I will come with a proposal and, depending of the group, we are going to explore the subject. It’s a very creative moment where adaptation will be a constant quality between the model (Uke) and the rigger (Tori), also between me and the group.

The aim won’t be to offer you a recipe but to introduce my tools and my questions to develop yours.

During the tuition, I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides : rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // info

• Intermediate to advanced level.(For Both – Don’t come with a new be model or somebody we didn’t train with us already)
• Having a good understanding of my pattern and basics is essential.

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Week-End to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One Week-End to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

Ticket and full info http://felixruckert.de/2015/10/01/eurix/

EURIX  – The concept

There is a lot of creative and innovative rope bondage in Europe today. Many individuals are developing their own approaches. A sort of emancipation from the japanese masters is happening, not a rebellion or opposition, just people recognizing the importance of gaining autonomity in their artistic process.

EURIX wishes to provide a platform for these individuals and to develop the technical, artistic and philosophical aspects of the practice, by confronting traditional japanese Shibari with our European cultural heritage. Western knowlegde, techniques and skills, ideas from art, science, psychology& medicine, bodywork& performance, BDSM& Sex-Positive Culture- all this might be presented ed at EURIX, in order to give new impulses to the practice.

EURIX is also a sociography, an experiment that proposes a sex-positive, kink-friendly space, where attentiveness and empathy, consent, gender equality, diversity and inclusion, ecological and political awareness are highly valued and put into practice. EURIX wishes to provide a space where clear, honest and constructive communication is a permanent collective effort.

EURIX brings experienced European Riggers and Models together, for a week of exchange and research, twice a year. There are invited „regular presenters“  and “newcomers” who share their work on a voluntary base: riggers and models who have developed a personal style beyond japanese tradition, who are interested to learn and exchange with others and who wish to experiment with less hierarchical and dogmatic teaching structures. 

They are joined by a larger group of „students“, intermediate and advanced riggers interested to learn from the professionals present and paying a modest fee in order to finance the event. Also “students” may propose workshops or perform during the week.

The schedule is open. Every day a new plan is established, with different workshops, research groups, talks etc. Up to four workshops run simultaneously, thus a wide range of topics and issues is covered. The content of each event is designed according to the interests and needs of the participants rather then following a preconceived didactic concept or method. It is different every time. 

Felix Ruckert, 2019

See also: Interview with me about EURIX by Vanina/ Sluttish, Dec, 2018

If you consider attending the event, please read our EURIX GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATION AND ESTABLISHING CONSENT

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Zeryl, by Yoroï Nicolas – Brussels, Belgium, 2018.

29 September event will be done the 22 September !

Frankly, you now have an understanding of many plays on the floor and you would like to see what’s happening and how to transfer in almost levitation?

Suspension is not really complicated, but it’s better to already have some deep experience and contact with Kinbaku’s concept. In that regard, please respect the fact that tuition will open on invitation only.

In this tuition, we are going to focus on suspension. My main ones being :

• Yoko tsuri – Side supension;
• Ryo-Ashi tsuri – Mermaid suspension;
• Futomomo tsuri – Bend leg supension;
• Ashi-Kubi tsuri – Ankle suspension;
• Gyaku-Eby tsuri – Inverted shrimp suspension (or face down);
• Agura tsuri – Yoda lévitation 😉 .

From September to July, starting from yoko-tsuri(my base from ArisueGo) it will be a very clear progression to creative suspension. In fact, we will most likely always start the tuition by a Yoko-tsuri. We will of course speak about the mechanic, the risk and the evolution of each form. Depending on the group and the progression, we are also going to present the transitios and connections between each form.

As an upper harness, we are going to use mainly; Gote, Mae and Enzo 4. But we will also, from time to time, present classical variations with other upper harnesses like; Strapado, Teppo …

At the end of this program, you should be able to connect to all the masters and research classes!

During the tuition, I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides : rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // Info

• On invitation only.
• Intermediate to advanced level. (For Both – Don’t come with a new be model or somebody we didn’t train with us already)
• Model (uke) should already have a good practice and done several workshops with us (several doesn’t mean one or two). In my style : Uke and Tori develop together.
• Having a good understanding of my patterns and basics is essential.

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Week-End to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One Week-End to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Naomi, by Yoroï Nicolas – from Tokyo Decadence, Japan, 2009.

After the first tuition, what to do? How to develop, study and increase your understanding ?

So you did the workshop “One Week-End to Start”  and enjoyed it? You would like to continue to develop with us? This tuition is designed for you!

Each month, we are going to work around a different specific pattern : how to build it and how to use it. The point is to be able to reproduce it, but also to understand the logic and the philosophy behind – obviously to reuse that for other creative plays. The final goal will be to develop, within each one of us, a very personal relationship to rope, based on a solid concept.

Tuition Program type :

• Body wake up
• One rope work (specifically based on Enzo and Gyaku Ashi)
• Pattern presentation // explanation (How to do it)
• Creative exercises using the pattern
• In depth with pattern (Philosophy, Breaking Down, Simplification or Adding New Fonctionnalities)
• Back to calm // Debrief

During the tuition I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides; rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // Info

• I will present this tuition alone, so I will need volunteer(s) for the demonstration !
• Beginner – Intermediate level.
• the Class “One Week-End to Start” is required before attending. (For Both – Person who tied and person in ropes)

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Day to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One day to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

Credit Photo : Sera, by Yoroï Nicolas – Brussels, Belgium, 2016

So you understand and know some basics? You’re having good fun in practice? You understand the foundations of my style, and you’re still curious about it? Let’s go deeper together.

We are going to concentrate less in the patterns, and more in the concepts. Meaning : if you are not familiar with; Enzo, Gyaku Ashi, My Gote and My Takatekote, Karada, Mae, Teppou… It may be wise to attend this Class first.

Concepts : which one ?

• Posture
• Balance and imbalance
• Breathing
• Continuity and fluidity
• In depth with body management and limits.
• Control vs leading
• …

Every month, I will come with a proposal and, depending of the group, we are going to explore the subject. It’s a very creative moment where adaptation will be a constant quality between the model (Uke) and the rigger (Tori), also between me and the group.

The aim won’t be to offer you a recipe but to introduce my tools and my questions to develop yours.

During the tuition, I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides : rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // info

• Intermediate to advanced level.(For Both – Don’t come with a new be model or somebody we didn’t train with us already)
• Having a good understanding of my pattern and basics is essential.

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Week-End to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One Week-End to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Sarura Déborah & Yoroï Nicolas, by Emilio Perez, 2017.

How to start ? How to integrate the group of study ? This tuition is designed to help people to start study with us.

Since more than 10 years, after I came back from Tokyo, I have been helping people to learn Kinbaku, including a lot of international presenters. From my experience, I do consider that the beginning is the more important period. This tuition has been created to help new-commers. In this week-end, I will invite you inside my art and research. Sharing my personal experience and mistakes with you are my main tools to develop together.

All of this will be based on human interactions and the way we share time and space together, more than any visual result.

Program :

• Basic knot (one is enough ) and frictions;
• Rope and Body Manipulation (our style basics);
• One Rope pattern : Enzo, Gyaku Ashi;
• Two ropes pattern : Gote (also call Box tied//Takate Gote…) // Mae (hand in the front);
• How to play and evolve from this.
• Security Guideline (how to manage risk and be ready for everything – our philosophy);

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Day to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One day to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercise/proposition : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goals.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)  

© Photo Credit : Zeryl, by Yoroï Nicolas – Brussels, Belgium, 2018.

29 September event will be done the 22 September !

Frankly, you now have an understanding of many plays on the floor and you would like to see what’s happening and how to transfer in almost levitation?

Suspension is not really complicated, but it’s better to already have some deep experience and contact with Kinbaku’s concept. In that regard, please respect the fact that tuition will open on invitation only.

In this tuition, we are going to focus on suspension. My main ones being :

• Yoko tsuri – Side supension;
• Ryo-Ashi tsuri – Mermaid suspension;
• Futomomo tsuri – Bend leg supension;
• Ashi-Kubi tsuri – Ankle suspension;
• Gyaku-Eby tsuri – Inverted shrimp suspension (or face down);
• Agura tsuri – Yoda lévitation 😉 .

From September to July, starting from yoko-tsuri(my base from ArisueGo) it will be a very clear progression to creative suspension. In fact, we will most likely always start the tuition by a Yoko-tsuri. We will of course speak about the mechanic, the risk and the evolution of each form. Depending on the group and the progression, we are also going to present the transitios and connections between each form.

As an upper harness, we are going to use mainly; Gote, Mae and Enzo 4. But we will also, from time to time, present classical variations with other upper harnesses like; Strapado, Teppo …

At the end of this program, you should be able to connect to all the masters and research classes!

During the tuition, I will share my knowledge, skills and experience for both sides : rigger (Tori) and model (Uke)!

Specific Requirements // Info

• On invitation only.
• Intermediate to advanced level. (For Both – Don’t come with a new be model or somebody we didn’t train with us already)
• Model (uke) should already have a good practice and done several workshops with us (several doesn’t mean one or two). In my style : Uke and Tori develop together.
• Having a good understanding of my patterns and basics is essential.

Common rules in study !

Please check Yoroï Nicolas study information and website first, to know if you feel comfortable and compatible.

• No topless – for all genders, unless it is clearly promoted (Season workshop and Week-end could be topless)
• Be a Pair/Duo – of course not for the switch classes; One Week-End to Start – One week for switch
• Have your home material – not necessary for the One Week-End to start but welcome
• Arrived between 15 minutes before the start of the tuition and the Start. (Please, not before : we need time to set up)
• No Recording : song, photo and video ! Be present ! (Notes and drawings are accepted)
• When the Educator asks to untie : please start right away. any delay would disturb the class and other participants.

Also, please check the dojo Rules and Commun Behavior and don’t hesitate to ask us if a rule is unclear to you!

How the study is organized ?

On the global point of view : First, we wake up the body, then we add rope to wake up the rope-body contact, and then we jump into the main part of the study. I try to finish with a creative exercise which summarize the tuition. And, of course, there is time for breaks. There is also time in the beginning and at the end of the course to socialize.

On each exercises/propositions : Mainly, the educator shows an exercise and comment on important points. The student tries to reproduce it after. Questions are welcome between the demonstration and the practice and you can ask for help through the practice, both for security as for technical point/inspiration/validation.

On a long term : If you are local, please start by “One day to start”.  If you feel you have a lot of experience, private tuition might work. After, the weekly Group Tuition is the best to steadily improve. Two years and a very committed practice are the minimal pre-requisites to attend Season/Research and master class Workshops.

Fast and flashy results are not what we are looking for. Commitment and deep research are our goal.

Rope Jam

A rope Jam is as much as place to practice rope that a place to meet and observe people. It’s the place where our community is fluidly exchanging together. That’s the beginning and end at the same time. The beginning because often is a good place, to know the Dojo, to know people inside and our mindset. Meet us, feel us and know if you like to be part of our movement. The end also, because witch goal of the study and the exploration if the practice and sharing that !

The Jam is not a plan Art piece. But with the good music, the right people and some discrete scenography is sometimes an exceptional one. A moment by and for the participants.

Please make sure to check our rule before to come and follow advise of more custom participant. We value our identity !

A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also ‘free flow sessions’, are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. (Source wikipedia)