January 2011

Copyright @2011 Midori Fire Horse Productions

A Rope Bondage Weekend: A dojo styled intensive from the basic with expert riggers Midori and Associate Instructor, Delano.

Want to learn about rope bondage?

* Frustrated with short workshops & demos?
* Do you want personalized attention to improve every aspect of your rope techniques?
* Are you ready for the disciplined approached to take you to the next level?
* Have you wanted to know what Midori teaches her personal apprentices?
* Are you a total rope beginner with the motivation to move past your hesitation & blow your lover’s mind with hot scenes?
* Or have you already lassoed the basics and ready for a real challenge?

In this concentrated weekend you will cover the heart & soul of the rope experience, covering top and bottom perspectives as well. From the very basics to the introduction of advanced techniques of basic safe rope suspension, they’ll put you through the paces and improve your skills.

Your Full Weekend Package Includes:

* 16+ hours of concentrated instruction from Midori & Delano + 2 trained TAs with lots of hands-on practice.
* Continental breakfast both days
* Catered lunch both days*
* Limited edition commemorative graduation gift
* Free admission to the Saturday night play party
* Take-home gifts

(* For vegetarians: For those specifying vegetarian meals, we provide ovo-lacto based veggie meals. If your dietary needs are more specific, we encourage you to bring your own meals. There will be a kitchen with fridge and microwave to store your items.)

Date:  Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:00 AM; Sunday, March 20, 2011 06:30 PM (10 AM to 6:30 PM each day)

Where: The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th (bet. 6th/7th Ave). NYC

Cost: US$375 for Singles. US$650 for Pairs. (Buddies and pals welcome. You don’t have to be a couple for the Pair ticket.) Because of the intensive nature of the material & instruction, this course is limited to only 30 participants.

Dress code: Ready to move!

Registration opens: 8AM, EST, Tuesday February 1st, 2011
Registration closes: Midnight, EST, Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

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Saturday ‘Day 1: Fundamentals of Technique & Scene Dynamics

* Safety, rope selection, basic knots, rope care
* Basic Two-Column Tie, Body Harness, Sex Bondage, Partial Suspension, Basics of Shibari. Freestyle Bondage
* Psychology & Emotional Dynamics of Rope, Dominance & Scene Control
* History of Japanese Rope Bondage
* Speed Drills

Sunday ‘Day 2: Mastering Rope

* Speed Drills
* Problem Solving Skills
* Creativity Exercise
* Taking Flight: Introduction to safe suspension bondage
* It’s in the Details: Hand & feet bondage, dildo/cock harness
* Visions & Perversions: Learn to think and create with mastery, art & power & more.

How to Prepare for Dojo:

* Be well rested.
* Wear comfortable clothing.
* Bring large towels, blanket or yoga mats for floor work.
* Encouraged to bring floor cushion or comfy folding chair to sit in.
* Bring lots of rope & a pair of safety shears. Suggestions on rope you might want to bring: Please read the FAQ at http://www.ropedojo.com

Special Dojo Rope Kits are available for student discount from http://www.TwistedMonk.com/midoribasic.htm. Make sure to give your registration confirmation number. TwistedMonk.com is Midori’s favorite rope vendor.)
Restrictions:

Age 18 or older.
Be able to tie your shoe laces.

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Cancellation Policy

Full refund (minus processing fee) if canceled by 2 weeks before first day of Dojo.
50% (minus processing fee) refund if canceled between
2 weeks and a week before first day of Dojo.
No refund if canceled within a week of the Dojo.

This event is organized by Fire Horse Productions, Inc.

Rope Bondage Dojo, Rope Dojo and the logo are Registered Trademarks owned by Fire Horse Productions, Inc.

It ain’t about the brawn. Regardless of your size, gender, or physical ability, this highly interactive workshop uses scads of demonstrations to teach you fierce, passionate methods of slam, slap and thud. Learn to use your brain and a multitude of body parts to bring you and your partners to new found levels of physical, sensual, sexual intensity and intimacy. With humor, affection, straight talk, and smarts, Felice Shays will discuss and demonstrate technique, safety, partnered positions, head space, anatomy, and helpful items. Also, as time allows, Felice will work with individuals, dyads and other combinations of partners to resolve their dilemmas of inequity of size, status, attitude or muscle.

Date: Fri, February 18, 2011; 8pm – 10pm
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St, NY (Google Maps). Get directions using Hopstop.
Cost: LSM member: $5; Non-members $10 (Members – renew now and continue to get all the benefits of an LSM membership!

About Felice Shays

Where respect, sex, tenderness, straight talk, laughter, and safety intersect is where you’ll find Felice Shays; she’s a sex and BDSM educator and counselor who travels the US and Canada. Newly relocated to Portland OR, this Brooklyn Femme has presented at a plethora of events for about a decade including Good For Her, Black Rose, Pacific Friction, Dark Odyssey, Babeland, LSM, TES, Kinky Kollege, Wicked Womyn, Shebop, KinkFest, Safer SM, Sugar, Tribal Fire, MOB, Come As You Are, The Exiles, Desire, Thunder In The Mountains, Kinky Kollege, and IMsL. Named Dark Odyssey’s Campers’ Choice: Favorite Presenter, Felice also stirs up trouble as a sex and BDSM event producer, performance artist, and ASL interpreter.

About Lesbian Sex Mafia

Founded in 1981 by Dorothy Allison and Jo Arnone, the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM) is the oldest continuously running women’s BDSM support and education groups in the country. We are located in New York City, with a membership primarily in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. However, we also have members along the East Coast, across the country and even in Europe!

LSM is a support and information group for all women 18 years of age or older, including transexual and intersexed women who live their daily lives as women and all female-born transgender people who feel they have a connection with and respect for the women’s community. And, who are interested in fantasy and role playing, bondage, discipline, S/M, fetishes, costumes, alternate gender identities and uninhibited sexual expression in a safe, sane, consensual and confidential way.

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