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Rope BootCamp Toronto

Looking for a place to move from Strong Beginner/Intermediate rope knowledge to Advanced?

This is your place.

Rope BootCamp is designed to help people who are anywhere from beginning partial suspension to beginning transitions by helping them nail important techniques and gain natural flow any rhythm while tying.

In short, as a top you can expect to learn the following skills:

1) How to make harnesses more durable and safe
2) How to tie without thinking or fumbling
3) How to Control the entire length of rope, and in turn, control the scene
4) Communication while multitasking to allow for greater flow.

As a Bottom you can expect to learn the following skills:

1) How to communicate with your top in a lab spacew vs. a scene or performance space
2) Ways to solve pinches and other issues without the rigger's help
3) Ways to identify poor positioning before full suspension.

The primary portion of this class is Drilling skills and refining them each time. as the class progresses, recommendations will be given to include technique or find creative solutions.

the focus of Rope BootCamp will be:

Single column ties (two variations for advanced purposes)
Boxties (and how to solve problems)
Suspension Lines (from harnesses, waists, thighs and ankles)

Group Skill Level permitting, we will cover the following advanced topics:
Futomomo (and how to use it in suspension)
Hip harnesses

about the instructor:

Ben Hart is a sadistic rigger with a strong interest in community building. Rumor has it, he can be pretty mean for a guy with blue eyes. He enjoys combining rope and rough body play, moving his partners on the floor and in the air, stretching and contorting bodies to challenge his partners and build an intimate space together. Ben holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Arts, and is co-organizer of Toronto Rope Bite, and NARIX, In addition he is a 5 year veteran of MBE, and has performed at La Nuit des Cordes, Subspace Fetish Ball, and Torture Garden Toronto. He has taught at Bondage Expo Dallas, Shibaricon, and at several other venues across North America. Ben enjoys blending styles and techniques from many backgrounds to create a flexible, simple outlook on Rope with no limitations while staying loyal to Japanese roots.