Adapt or Die: Handling History

with Ojipan, goodmosttimes, & ordinals

Price per pair: 

BOUND Members $50 |TIED Members $60 | WRAPPED Members $70

Patterns in rope are beautiful and are the main things taught to beginners so they have a benchmark to show progress. But patterns can also be time-consuming and tedious to complete leaving both partners bored and frustrated. This class focuses on improving rope handling and efficiency when learning new harnesses.  Walk away with several new methods for practicing your new handling skills. Basic knowledge of single column ties, double column ties, harnesses and frictions from the tying partner coupled with an ability to communicate clearly from both parties is required.

About the Instructors:

Ojipan (he/him)

Ojipan aka Andrew has been involved in kink and BDSM, in one form or another, for over a decade. He has rigorously been studying rope for over 10 years. Andrew’s work is heavily influenced by the work of Akechi Denki, Nawashi Kanna, and Hajime Kinoko. He has instructed at Bondage Expo Dallas 2015-2018, Bondage Expo Denver, and Ropecraft New Orleans. Along with goodmosttimes, Andrew is currently the lead instructor for the Devil Mask Society Cell program.

Ojipan: FetLife • Twitter • Facebook • Instagram

goodmosttimes (she/her)

goodmosttimes aka Melissa (she/her) started her rope education, as a bottom, in early 2012. She has since been expanding her knowledge as a switch and loves to share new techniques from both sides of a tie. Fortunate to be based in Los Angeles, CA, she has happily been part of the Devil Mask Society since its inception. She is now one of the lead instructors for their Cell (topping) and Cell X (bottoming) classes and the driving force behind many of their local events. She has moderated annual rope bottoming panels at her local dungeon and helped produce Ropenspace LA, NARIX 2016, and Kinoko’s Los Angeles Cyber Rope performance. Melissa has studied with an array of visiting international and domestic instructors and cites Hajime Kinoko, Nawashi Kanna, and Wykd Dave and Clover as major influences. She has also performed locally and at Folsom Street Fair, and taught at Ropecraft NOLA, BED (Dallas and Denver), FapCon 2018, and at weekend intensives across the US and Canada with her partner, Ojipan.

goodmosttimes: FetLife • Twitter • Instagram

You can connect with Ojipan or goodmosttimes at www.devilmasksociety.com.

ordinals (they/them)

ordinals (aka Roz) is a fix-it femme, kitchen s/witch and joyful provocateur of no particular gender. Drawing on over a decade of instructional experience, their focus as a teacher is the intersection of queer embodiment, neurodiversity, and kink. Roz co-leads the Devil Mask Society’s bottoming program, Cell X, with goodmosttimes and has taught at a range of conventions in the US and Canada. When not making undignified faces in rope they enjoy wildly complicated cocktails and curating cheese boards. You can find them on FetLife as ordinals and Instagram as ordinals_.

Prerequisites and Equipment:

Class Level: Level 1:  

Some experience required.

For tops: For example, ability to tie a single and double column, basic frictions (e.g. munters, half hitches), and basic chest and hip/leg harness.

For bottoms: Experience being in rope, noticing physical and emotional responses, knows personal body strengths/limits

For both: basic negotiation and communication skills with partners, basic anatomy and risks

6 lengths of rope, between 6 - 8 meters (20 - 25 feet).

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