"[...] it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots, what thoughts think thoughts, what ties tie ties."
- Donna Haraway

Anyone who has tasted bondage blood and wants to learn more about the techniques, schools and origins of bondage practices beyond improvised tying with a bathrobe belt will sooner or later come across the Japanese arts of restriction Shibari or Kinbaku. The Hojojutsu practices of the samurai, which date back to the Japanese Middle Ages and were used to overpower opponents by tying them up with ropes, are then referred to straight away. We learn that shibari/kinbaku developed organically from everyday Japanese culture, which is based entirely on binding, as kimonos and gifts are also tied with a furoshiki. In his highly acclaimed book "The Beauty of Kinbaku", Master "K" never tires of emphasizing how closely shibari/kinbaku is linked to Japanese...