Advanced Leg Tie Series

In this series, Tamandua will teach a suspension and inversion focused on the leg-tie (or futomomo) with his model Elio.

In two shibari classes aimed at more experienced riggers, Tamandua shows how a rope bondage fundamental, the futomomo or leg tie, can be incorporated into more demanding and intense scenes.

The tie, which involves securing the thigh to the calf, is often one of the first that rope bondage students learn. In these tutorials, this bondage basic is upgraded for a side suspension starting from standing and then for a dramatic progression into an inversion from the floor. Included, too, is a feedback session from Elio detailing his experiences in these challenging ties.

This series is suitable only for students experienced with suspensions and should not be attempted by anyone still in the early stages of elevating their rope play from the ground.