Studio Friction Rope Intensive:
Practicing Pain in Rope - A Practical Approach
w/ mr_O w/ toy
Price (per tying pair):
BOUND Members $50, TIED Members $60
WRAPPED Members $70, Non-Members $80
*If you are interested in auditing this course, email office@studiofriction.com*
Class Description:
This class takes a practical approach to understanding pain in rope. Useful for both Tops and Bottoms, it is recommended that you attend this class as a pair. We will discuss practical ways to manage pain in rope and discuss the differences in types of pain. We will also discuss ways to communicate our pain and how to spot the differences between “good” pain, and pain that could lead to injuries.
We will move through a series of exercises that will allow bottoms to experience different sensations and use the tools provided to practice different forms of pain management.
Prerequisites:
It is recommended that the Rigger has suspension experience and can quickly tie a suspendable arms free chest harness and single columns.
All levels of bottoms welcome - there will be adjustments made for experience level.
About the Instructors:
mr_O (he/him)
Mr O is a creative sadist with a love of medical play, a penchant for violent grappling scenes, and a very cute bum. Having spent 20+ years as a jiu jitsu competitor and instructor, he has found ways to apply his knowledge of body mechanics to kinky play and shares that in his teaching. Active in the Canadian BDSM scene since 2005, he regularly puts on workshops internationally as well as locally in the Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa areas on subjects including wrestling, grappling and medical play. With an engineering based background and scientific mind, he is known for continually inventing new devices and ways to hurt people “for science”. When he's not being nice he can be a bit mean. And vice versa
toy (she/her)
toy has been active in the the BDSM and rope scene for over 10 years and has been educating internationally as well as in her local community of Ottawa/Montreal/Toronto for about 5. She is passionate about sharing her experience with other bottoms so they can safely explore some of the scarier and more intimate aspects of both psychological and physical play. As an educator, she firmly believes in classes that include both top and bottom perspectives, as it empowers both to create a safer and ultimately more fulfilling scene or dynamic. She is one of the cofounders & instructors of CORE - A Collective in Ottawa for Rope Education, which aims to provide foundational rope classes welcoming people of all genders, abilities, ages, socio-economics, & orientations from a range of communities in the Ottawa area.
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS:
- All attendees must sign a COVID waiver as part of online registration and submit to a symptom check including a no touch temperature check.
- Mask optional with proof of full COVID vaccination (e.g. CDC COVID Vaccination Card - original card, clear photograph or photocopy, CIIS immunization record, myVaccine in the myColorado app). The name on your vaccine documentation must match the name on your photo ID.
- Full vaccination is defined as a minimum of two weeks post 2nd dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
- You only have to show your vaccination record once. Feel free to email it to office@studiofriction.com ahead of the event if you prefer. We will not be making any copies, just marking that it was checked.
- Members who are not fully vaccinated, are unvaccinated, or do not wish to show proof of vaccination are still welcome at Studio Friction, but will be asked to wear a mask at all times when in the space.
- If you need help finding a vaccine or scheduling a vaccine appointment, please reach out to office@studiofriction.com, and we will do our best to help you.
- Hand and surface sanitizer will be available throughout the studio.
