Spotlight on Samurai Arts for The Dungeon:
Restraint, Pain, Misery
Spotlights are focused time to learn about specialized areas. Spotlight on Samurai Arts for the Dungeon will take place on Friday in the River-Feather room.
During this hands-on Skills Spotlight, Tomo will present Japanese martial arts techniques modified to create safer yet rough play. The intensive will be broken into four 90-minute sessions, each building on each other. It is recommended to attend all four sessions but not required. During the classes, everyone will have the opportunity to practice, yet physical participation is not required. Join in as you are able. Come alone or with a partner. Please bring your own rope if possible, however the instructor will have rope to lend.
Tomo (He/They) is a gender queer butch leatherdyke who has spent decades in both the Martial Arts and Leather communities. Tomo has been immersed in Japanese Martial Arts culture for two third’s of his life and actively lives the code of Bushido translated as warrior way. He practices and teaches three Martial Arts: Traditional Japanese Jujutsu, Iaido the art of Japanese Sword, and Hojojutsu the art of tying a non-compliant prisoner with rope. Tomo often brings physical techniques from the Martial Arts to the Leather and Kink community which are modified for safety for dungeon play. He also shares martial concepts applied to life in classes such as conflict resolution, staying grounded and centered, and living with joy, fulfillment and peace.
Sessions 1 & 2 - Takedown & Control
9:00am - 12:15pm
Sessions 1 & 2 will include takedowns and techniques to make life easy for the Top and miserable for the bottom. Choking, subdue, restraint techniques, joint locking, and punching will be taught to control the willing or unwilling bottom. Along energy pathways are many points used in martial arts and acupuncture called pressure points that cause intense pain without injury or marks. We’ll use these points to control the bottom with pain.
Sessions 3 & 4 - Hojojutsu
1:14pm - 4:30pm
Sessions 3 & 4 will apply the takedown and control techniques from Part 1 to Hojojutsu ties. Hojojutsu is a Japanese martial art of securing a prisoner with rope. Ties attack air, energy, and blood pathways. If the prisoner struggles, increased pain and discomfort occur. These ties are highly painful and effective.