Studio Friction Rope Intensive:

You take my breath away - fun with breathing (or not) and rope.

w/ mr_O & 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:

Do you hate breathing as much as I do? Interested in expanding your rope play with breath-restriction or chest compressions but not sure how to move past the (very normal!) panicked body response?! Then this is the class for you! Taught from a bottom's perspective, toy and mr.O will take you through a series of moderate to more difficult chest and neck ties that challenge the bottom to remain calm while spending time not really breathing :) While this class will focus on tips and tricks for the person being tied, mr.o will teach 2 different harnesses and show varying degrees of difficulty level depending on comfort and experience. You should have some experience with suspension and be interested in breath play/restriction/compression.

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite for people being tied: Some experience with suspension, willingness to suffer

Prerequisite for people tying: Single column tie, basic frictions, up-lines and experience with suspension

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.

• 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.