Tutorials

Lee Harrington:

Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé

More Shibari You Can Use: Passionate Rope Bondage and Intimate Connection

-Easy to follow instructions, large, helpful photos of diverse, realistic bodies and genders in rope. Covers ties and rope handling for beginners as well as showing some fun, advanced ties. Ties for restraint, sex, and decoration. My personal favorite; it’s light-hearted and un-intimidating, shows bondage as something anyone can master.

Two Knotty Boys:

Showing You the Ropes: A Step-by-Step Illustrated Guide for Tying Sensual and Decorative Rope Bondage

Back on the Ropes

-Focus on using nylon rope and advanced knots to create decorative rope bondage. Detailed instructions, clear photos of each step. Some of the more complicated ties are confusing for beginners or those uninterested in knots. Creative, nontraditional, Western style bondage, taught in a fun-loving style.

Chanta Rose:

Bondage for Sex

-Shows methods for using basic ties for sex and exposure. Beautiful, sexy photos of male and female bodies in inspiring bondage positions. Clear instructions, and great for beginners to learn how to take rope into the bedroom.

Douglas Kent:

Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land

Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky

-Imagine an origami instruction book but for rope; it uses symbols to vaguely outline the steps of a tie, almost no text but lovely photos. Depending on your learning style this is either the best or the worst book to learn from. Most helpful for intermediate learners to brush up on new techniques.

Midori:

The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage

-Covers bondage for male bodies more thoroughly than the other books. Focus on traditional Japanese bondage and techniques. Heavy on text and light on photos, which is great for non-visual learners and those who want to learn rope history while learning a tie.

Lord Morpheous:

Bondage Basics: Naughty Knots and Risque Restraints You Need to Know

-A glossy book of rope porn with a side dish of instruction and bodice-ripper style stories to inspire a scene. Fun book to round out your collection, not a lot of real learning to be had here.

Clifford W Ashley:

The Ashley Book of Knots

-A must have for a true rope geek curious about the in and outs of how and why knots work or which hitch/knot/friction would be best in each situation. Nothing but in depth instructions for every possible knot imaginable

Procedure/Safety

Jay Wiseman:

Erotic Bondage Handbook

The Toy Bag Guide to Basic Rope Bondage

-Text heavy, safety focused guides to rope. leans more towards text book than sexy tutorial but has a lot of great information especially for absolute beginners.

Evie Vane:

The Little Guide to Getting Tied Up

Better Bondage for Every Body

-First an adorable, little book for those curious about rope bottoming and how to go about getting tied up in a safe and enjoyable manner. And her more recent tome goes deep into methods of tying every shape and size of body regardless of age or gender.

Master K:

The Beauty of Kinbaku

Liliya May:

Shibari: The Japanese Art of Erotic Bondage

-Nerdy, textbook style explorations of two different schools of traditional Eastern rope bondage. No tutorials, a lot of talk.

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