What to expect
During this workshop we will explore the creative potential of bamboo in Shibari. You will discover how bamboo can enrich your rope work, enhance structures and challenge your technique.
Each workshop day can be booked individually.
Saturday – Bamboo on the Body & Partial Suspension
On the first day of the workshop we begin with an introduction to using bamboo directly on the body. Learn how to integrate bamboo into your ties to add stability, creat interesting shapes and new sensations. We’ll then move into partial suspensions, with a focus on movement and creating predicaments.
Sunday – Partial and Full Suspension with Bamboo
On the second day, we continue our exploration of partial suspension and gradually continue on into full suspensions using bamboo as a structural element. Discover how bamboo can support, frame and transform your suspensions, creating interesting shapes in stillness and motion.
This workshop is suitable for intermediate rope practitioners looking to deepen their technical skills and artistic expression.
Both days can be booked separately or as a full weekend experience.
Instructor
RopuNawa (he/him) first encountered Shibari/Kinbaku in 2008 at a performance in Australia. This performance stayed with him on his way back to Switzerland, where he began his own journey with the rope. He formed the foundation from Osada Steve’s style, which was taught in Switzerland at that time. However, he did not stay with this one style, but was inspired by many other teachers. For RopuNawa, there is not one way to tie, but the heart of his style lies in the need of his model. These needs can be as diverse as the individuality of the people themselves, and through the diversity of his style, he can best respond to his partners needs and wants. He appreciates the non verbal connection, that he can create with each tying partner.
The aesthetics he picked up while first getting to know Naka’s style, who influenced him early on. While Naka still accompanies him today, Tifereth has inspired him on this path for the last 2 years as well.
Yoroi was another of his great first influences, whose style gave RopuNawa’s taste for less is more space to develop. Yagami Ren also influenced him in this direction.
Today RopuNawa unites parts of all these styles in his personal rope art, which he lives and teaches in Basel to students all over the world, as he continues to travel worldwide, giving workshops and getting inspired by his old teachers and new encounters.
[Sorce: https://www.tyingwithfriends.com/de/ropunawa]
Workshop Requirements
DAY ONE Requirements for riggers (r) and models (m):
- Ability to communicate limits and wishes to your partner (r/m).
- Comfortable exploring different intensities of rope and dynamic movement (r/m)
- Fluent execution of a sustainable single & double column tie (r).
- Basic understanding of physical signals that indicate nerve compression and blood flow issues (r/m).
- Basic understanding of various frictions, rope tension and general rope handling skills. (r)
- First experiences with partial suspension (r)
DAY TWO Requirements for riggers (r) and models (m):
- Ability to communicate limits and wishes to your partner (r/m).
- Comfortable exploring different intensities of rope and dynamic movement (r/m)
- Fluent execution of a sustainable single & double column tie (r).
- Good understanding of physical signals that indicate nerve compression and blood flow issues (r/m).
- Good understanding of various frictions, rope tension and general rope handling skills. (r)
- First experiences with full suspension. (r/m)
Details
Date: Saturday 27. September and Sunday 28. September 2025
Saturday
09:30 Doors open
10:00 – 17:00 Workshop (including lunch break)
approx. 18:00 Dinner together
Sunday
09:30 Doors open
10:00 – 17:00 Workshop (including lunch break)
Location:
CRUCIBLE/Vienna
Thalhaimergasse 41
1160 Wien
Tickets:
190€ per couple and day (380€ for both days)
Day 1 – 0 of 8 available (2 on waiting list)
Day 2 – 0 of 8 available (2 on waiting list)
Registration:
as a couple via email at ropunawa@querverbindungen.at
Please note the cancellation policy
Language: German or English
Food and Snacks
There are possibilities for lunch close to the location
Snacks, water and tea are provided inside of the location
What to bring:
- 8-10 ropes (8 meter, jute is preferred)
- Bamboo – if you have any both short (aprox. 1m) and long (approx 2m)
- Comfortable clothing
- Personal Ropetop / Ropebottom Kit
- Note taking utensils
We are looking forward to welcoming you at this fantastic workshop!