KNM Blog
2026.03.03 – Yukimura 10th Memorial
It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since Yukimura-sensei left us, on March 3, 2016. But his legacy thrives worldwide. Many of his students and bottoms who have directly inherited the Yukimura style continue to practice his art. And new students are...
2025.09.02 – Tying with Maya
Maya tied in a choking hojo hishi TK.
Amatsunawa Rope Sale
We are looking to clear a little closet space by cutting (pun intended...) prices on rope. We purchase this rope in bulk from Amatsunawa. If you know anything about the Amatsunawa project, you will recognize their rope as some of the best ever created for...
An evening of tying
Thanks to K&M for coming over for some evening semenawa
Updates on Training
With the decline in Covid, comes thoughts of opening-up again for more training events.We teach Japanese Kinbaku, Shibari, Semenawa, as well as the Basic Rope Bondage for Beginners (Basic Bedroom Bondage).Convienent to anyone in Santa Fe NM, Albuquerque NM, and Taos...
Rope Bondage for Beginners
In addition to our regular Semi-Open Rope events, as Covid seems to be in decline, we will again be holding Rope Bondage for Beginners classes! These classes will start from the very basics. There are many forms of bondage with rope. From the casual tying you might...
From the Bight and Back
From the Bight and Back (or - The tale of where it all begins and ends for me - and at least one or two I've tied…) Rope bondage and how it is applied seems a very contentious conversation. Why exactly do people push so hard either for or against its various...
Tokyo – Days 12-13 – 12/15/18
After my lesson with Ibarako, I didn't have a great deal of time to do much of anything before it would be time to watch blondiekatie's lesson. Grabbed some lunch - sat and absorbed everything I had learned. Blondiekatie tied with a new model, "Y" - someone we had met...
Tokyo – Days 11-12 – 12/14/18
It's been a whirlwind couple of days. Any thoughts of "free" time were pretty much eliminated - but in some very good ways… Haneda is very, very quiet this evening. I left myself an appropriate amount of time - got on the trains (with my bags…) in plenty time to avoid...
Tokyo – Days 8-10 – 12/11/18
It's kind of funny how every trip, the first 4 or so days just seem to go on and on. Getting so much done, and it feels like the trip will last forever. Then suddenly, the end of my time is looming…. This trip, it probably had a lot to do with the intensity of the...