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Brief
History
Originally
Japanese bondage was used my samurai and police as a form
of incarceration
and interrogation between the 1400's and early 1900's, this
was called Hojojustu. Body harnesses and other types of
restraints were made for transporting and imprisoning offenders,
and for interrogating prisoners by putting them into unique
positions to hinder breathing. But the bondage could not
cause any physical or mental damage. Even today, police
in Japan are taught hojojustu and carry a bundle of hemp
rope in there trunks to use if needed.
4 laws of
hojojutsu:
1. Do not let the prisoner to escape his bonds
2. Do not cause any physical or mental damage to the prisoner
3. Do not allow anyone outside the clan see the hojojustu
technique.
4. To be Artistic about the design
In
the early 1900's a newer form or Japanese rope bondage formed
for erotic pleasure, and this was called kinbaku-bi. This has
been documented in magazines as early as the 1940's and 50's,
but cant be traced back to about 1900 give or take. In the 60's
and 70's there was a large explosion with kinbaku photography
in Japan, which was called the golden years or SM rope bondage.
Since it has become more of an art form, and keeps growing in
practice around the world.
Now
in the western world / US, Japanese rope bondage (kinbaku / hojojustu
etc.) is referred to as "shibari" which in Japanese
is a word that just means "tie" or "bond".
I believe this came about because of a Website that misused a
Japanese word that didn't truly know its meaning, and it caught
on with westerners. Today even some of the Japanese rope artist
(nawashi) will even call it shibari. But if you say "shibari"
to a vanilla Japanese person they wont understand what you are
talking about.
English
Terms
Rope
= The
most versatile, most easily obtainable and cheapest toy and can
be used by anyone once a few simple knots are mastered.
Solid Braid = Rope that is made with
a solid braid (tons of strains woven together), This is general
best for rope bondage.
Cored = Mean the rope has a hard core
inside it. These tend to be very bad for erotic bondage because
it hard to tie knots and but more pressure on the skin surface.
Some ropes can be de-corded and become hollow cores and came be
used for bondage.
Hollow = means the rope has no center,
so it O shaped, like a garden hose.
MFP = Multi
Filament Polypropylene
(basically plastic that feels like silk)
Manila
/ Sisal / Hemp / Jute / Coir
= Natural fibers used in traditional Japanese rope bondage.
Unfinished they can be ruff, and if finished get a smooth and golden
brown surface.
Cotton = Most
commonly used natural rope type used for bondage in the US.
Nylon = Most
common synthetic rope used for bondage in the US.
Bight
= A section of rope between two ends that forms a U shaped
bend. In typical rope bondage, a bight is formed by taking up the
length of rope by the mid point, and doubling it over, forming a
loop, or bight at one end and tails at the other.
Tail = A rope ends or the ends that
stick out of a knot.
Standing part = The part of a rope
that is not actively in use in making a knot or tying
Slippery knot = a knot that is easily
exploded, or released. It is set by pulling a bight through the
final turn of the knot, rather than the entire tail, thus a tug
of the tails releases the knot.
Mummification
= A specialized kind of bondage in which the whole body is secured
under layers of restraining fabric, latex, leather, tape, plasticwrap,
shrink wrap, (etc.) or even saran wrap (clingfilm). The aim is to
completely immobilize the subject, or mummee. Will you be my mummeeeee?
Japanese
Terms
Shibari
= Japanese
term used mostly by westerns (and now some Japanese) to refer to
Japanese style rope bondage.
Hojojutsu = Traditional
style of military incarceration and torture used in feudal Japan
by samurai and police.
Kinbaku-bi
= the art of erotic/sensual Japanese rope
bondage
(formed early 20th century)
Nawa
= rope
Asa
or Asanawa = traditional Japanese bondage and torture rope
made of hemp
Musubime = knot
Musunde = tying a knot
Nawashi
=
(general) Rope bondage artist.
(purist)Rope
bondage artist who only uses natural [traditional] forms of bondage,
wood beams and hemp rope etc, no metal.
Sensei
= Literally, 'One who has gone before'. (a Teacher/Master)
Nawa Sensei = Rope Bondage
Master/teacher.
Dojo = Literally, 'Place of the Way', or place of
learning. (a school)
Gakko = School
Gei = artistic skill
Unsui = Literally, 'cloud and water'.
In Japanese it means seeker of truth. (a student)
Tori = One who demonstrates an action or technique.
Uke = passive partner in the demonstration
of technique. (the bottom)
JuJun = Submissive
Dorei = Slave
Shibari = In japanese means "tie" or "bind"
but in the western is used as "the action of tying someone
up"
Shibaritai = a top indicating his/her
desire for bondage action
Shibararetai = a sub indicating his/her
desire for bondage action
Shinju / Mune Nawa= breast bondage
(the pearls)
Karada = means "body", refers
to torso/body bondage
Kikkou = Tortoise shell body harness
Mata Nawa or Sakuranbo = crotch bondage
(the cherry)
Kotori = suspention bondage
Tsuri = "to hang", partial
rope suspension
Kaikyaku Kani = Crab Leg
Gyakuebi = Japanese Hog Tie
Agura
= crossed leg position (like a lotus position)
Ushirote Munenawa = Arm and Chest bondage
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