Complete Beginners Class

Rope 101 for complete beginners. Please note this event is on a Saturday instead of our usual Wednesday to allow people more time. Please arrive a few minutes early so we can start the class promptly, allowing more time to learn the basics.

We offer a friendly environment for learning with monthly rope classes, ideal for beginners. The space we have is a matted rehearsal space (unfortunately we do not have hard points available as yet). Please feel free to bring your own blankets/ cushions/ yoga mats for your comfort but not necessary.

This month we will be starting from scratch for those whose new years resolution is to learn rope. We will cover skills for tops, bottoms and self-tiers including safety and enough to have a rope scene. For those with more experience we will look at ichinawa as a complete scene or as a warm up for another rope scene.

This class has no pre-requisites and will cover everything you need to know to attend our other classes.

Equipment

You will need a minimum of one length of rope (7-10m) and a pair of EMT shears for this class.
We will have a variety of rope available to purchase starting at £1.50/m. We also have beautiful Japanese Ogawa. If you are wanting to purchase full kits, or many ropes please get in touch beforehand.
Safety shears are available for £5.
We also stock a range of Neya waxplay candles and tenugui.

Price

This class will be £10 to attend. We are able to offer students a discounted ticket at the price of £5 when present with a student card.

Accessibility

The entire venue on the ground floor and is sign posted. Unfortunately there is no wheelchair accesible toilet at this site. Both instructors are neurodivergent and will try and facilitate needs when we can.

Dress code

As this is largely an educational event, we suggest sports or yoga clothing. Slippery or loose clothing can be difficult to tie over and uncomfortable to be in when being tied. We don’t allow nudity in this venue. Please keep an eye on your temperature and that of the person you are tying with as temperature changes are common in this type of play.

About the instructors

KnottyButt (she/her)

Knottybutt is a queer, femme, neruodiverse, masochistic rope bottom from the midlands. Enjoys connective, constrictive and traditional rope as well as having a passion for rope education. Teaching consent and scene negotiation is of particular interest as well as empowering bottoms to have the confidence to communicate. KB has been involved in the rope community for around 7 years and looks forward to welcoming both new and old faces!

Novellus (she/her)

Novellus is a sadistic rigger and submissive rope bunny based in Birmingham. Her rope journey started as a bottom and most of her influence in tying comes from how she is tied. Her focus in rope is traditional Japanese rope bondage known as shibari or kinbaku as well as some dance-like or dynamic tying. Her teaching focuses on using fundamentals and intent to create flowing, creative and connective rope scenes.