feather lover

Looking for tutorials? Blogs to follow? Want to figure out that one tie you saw at the dungeon last week? This post has got you covered – written to be accessible for complete newbies, with resources even old hats at rope bondage can appreciate be they bottom or top.

(1) Tutorial Websites and Videos  

Beautiful Bondage 

Cam Damage

Crash Restraint Website

Crash Restraint Youtube

deGiotto Rope

EpicRope

Esinem Website

Esinem Shibari Classes   

Evie Vane’s Videos 

Kinbaku Luxuria

Kinbaku Today 

Kink Academy  

Kissmedeadly Doll References

Miss Eris 

ReKink Rope Bondage Tutorials

Rope Baby  

Rope Connections

RopeTopia Resources

RVA Rope

Secondfloor Lotus Studio

Shibari.Ph Resources 

The Dutchy

The Twisted Monk

Two Knotty Boys Video Downloads

(2) Safety and Technique Information* 

* = most of the website and video list also covers safety information

Kinky Clover Rope Bottom Guide   

How to Be an Awesome Rope Bottom

A Guide For Rope Bottoms and Bondage Models 

Bondage Safety for Bottoms

Resources for Rope Bottoms 

Safety with Rope

BDSMWiki: Beginner Rope Bondage 

Blackout: What to Do When Someone Faints

Crash Restraint Rope Advice  

Fixing Problems Before They Happen

Free: Bondage Safety 

Rope Incident Reports

On Circulation 

On Nerve Damage 

Pain in Kinbaku

Nerves in Rope Bondage

Nerve Injury Reference Card 

Nerve Injury Treatment and Management

Remedial Ropes

Self-Suspension

Shibari.Ph: Read This Before Trying Bondage  

What is Shibari?

Who Can be Suspended?

(3) Books 

The Little Guide to Getting Tied Up by Evie Vane

Better Bondage for Every Body by Evie Vane

Rope Bondage The Smart Way: A Step By Step Guide To Using Rope Bondage In BDSM by Pete Riggs

Shibari You Can Use by Lee Harrington and RiggerJay

More Shibari You Can Use  by Lee Harrington and RiggerJay

Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes by Two Knotty Boys

Two Knotty Boys Back on the Ropes by Two Knotty Boys

The Seductive Art of Japanese Rope Bondage by Midori

The Beauty of Kinbaku by Master “K”

Essence of Shibari: Kinbaku and Japanese Rope Bondage  by Shin Nawakari

Rogue Hojojutsu by Douglas Kent

Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land by Douglas Kent

Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky by Douglas Kent

Bondage For Sex by Chanta Rose

Tie Me Up! The Complete Guide to Bondage by Stephan Niederwieser 

(4) Tumblr Blogs  

@schwein-child , @goodmorningm0therfucker , @kissmedeadlydoll 

@camdamage  @ropebaby , @hornyropebunny @tohjiro 

@japanesebdsmofficial  @squirmforgood @evilthell, @amaury-grisel-shibari

@rumen-basheff , @kanan0690, @theropediary @jewelryandfire 

@cubicletocollar, @em-ties, @strictly-dirtyvonp, @secondfloor-fet

@gaping-lotus, @jesseflanagan, @nawayoi  @uncoiled-rope , @boshai, 

@tieduptee, @furi0usge0rge, @daddysprettypinkprincess, @shibarikuma, 

@daddyrigsme, @shaktibliss @nikolasromanov, @tied-yuno,  

@kinkyropecuriosity @danielriquelme-shibari  @tentesion, @wykd-dave, 

@ella-winters, @squirmforgood, @bondage-gifs, @master-rene-will, 

@orpheusblack, @alekzander-kinbaku, @misunguided  @untitledminor,

@tied-yuno, @kbnawa, @ropedisco, @cordineclubarchives, 

@tiedandtwisted420, @fred-rx, @skinny-redhead, @nikolasromanov, 

@enbydea, @neckropenightmare, @hangknot, @se7enbondage 

Tumblr blog list from @thebeautyofrope‘s awesome post because I simply could not do a better or more complete job myself

I adore physical affection. I love to laugh, love to be playful with the people I’m close with, and I truly and whole-heartedly believe that actions speak louder than words.

But at the same time, I deal with touch starvation very frequently.

For some people it’s hard to understand; what it’s like to crave a hug, or a cuddle, or a head on your shoulder, hell - even just a handshake from someone.

You might even find it laughable when I honestly say that whenever a friend does this, my mood gets better tenfold. Because to me, touch by someone you care about is reassurance. It’s validation, comfort, security, love.

Touch starvation is the main contributor to me being in this community. No,tickling is not a fetish by any means, in fact, it doesn’t even come close. But it’s a mix of all of the things I love. The things I enjoy and crave and care about so much.

To me, tickling is like getting a heartfelt hug from the person you care about most

The feeling of adrenaline in the pit of your stomach before you go down on a roller coaster,and the rush of endorphins when it’s over.

The wave of security that goes through your body when you’re wrapped in a warm,fluffy blanket.

So whenever a close friend or partner gets that mischevious glint in their eye, playfully pokes my side, or squeezes my knee,

Although I may squeal, squirm, and try to fight back,

I feel better.

proud

person A using the tickling charm on person B to distract them as they play quidditch

A typically being a duel pro but having a sudden losing streak because B, their new opponent, is able to cast the tickling charm very effectively

“i’ll only stop tickling you when you admit that my house is superior!”

A and B discovering that the room of requirement becomes a cozy, tool-filled haven when they’re in the mood 

prefects threatening to deduct house points, resulting in housemates tickling them to make them reconsider

A hiding all of B’s tickling tools and B merely transfiguring random objects to replace their feathers and brushes

A learning wingardium leviosa in class but not quite being able to get it right because the feather makes them flustered  

“no more tickling charm!” “ok” [switches to tickling hex]

the sorting hat delving into A’s mind and casually noting their tickling kink while everyone else in the hall wonders why A is squirming and blushing so much 

A goofing off during their defense against the dark arts class, targeting B as the dark art and tickling as the defense 

charmed clothing that tickles its wearer (likely sold at weasleys’ wizard wheezes™) 

A being unable to say hogwarts’s motto (”draco dormiens nunquam titillandus” – never tickle a sleeping dragon)