Gote Essentials

Weekend Intensive

with Odys, Paige and Susie

Sat-Sun,June 13-14, 2026, 10am-5pm

The Gote Essentials workshop is devoted to studying the most fundamental tie in the Japanese rope bondage style: hands tied behind the back. We will also study other building blocks for Naka style shibari and introduce the concept of semenawa progressive experience with a few basic floor and partial suspension ties. We will teach the secrets for a sustainable iconic 2-rope Nakastyle TK/Gote: shoulder lock, placement, and tension.

Due to the small size of the workshop, we will have the opportunity to work with each couple on adapting the gote to their bottom’s body. Building on techniques we have covered in the Prep 1 and 2 workshops, participants will gain knowledge and skills in:

  • first and second rope of the gote

  • split-cuff modification that allows less flexible people in ropes to experience gote Shibari

  • unique aspects of tying Naka style gote (flow/progression)

  • futomomo

  • calf & thigh binders

  • Naka hip-line

  • monoblock (booty basket)

  • safety considerations for gote and partial suspensions

  • body mechanics (shoulder lock, arms/hands placement)

  • progressive use of the elements as an introduction to Naka style semenawa experience

  • Naka style hip line (time permitting)

Prerequisites :

The Prep 1,2, or equivalent knowledge;

A full kit (12) of 7-8 meter ropes.

Logistics:

Tying pairs are limited to 6.

There will be an hour lunch break.

Tickets:

$350 per pair + processing fee = Total $360.76
Tickets are first offered to previous students of The Prep weekend intensive to encourage progression.

Presenters: Odys, Paige & Susie

About the presenters:

Odys

Odys is kinbaku artist and educator who discovered the beauty of rope bondage nine years ago, and has been deeply dedicated to it ever since. Initially inspired by the traditional Japanese style bondage, he has attended workshops with many world class presenters to find his path. He is the creator of KinbakuOdyssey studio and a direct student of Akira Naka sensei.

To Odys, kinbaku is a connective journey expressed through emotional transitions, evoked by progressive torment and power exchange. Each rope represents the catch and release of control. With each rope, he takes his partners on a journey of self discovery, exposing what they secretly crave. His unique expression of sensually erotic semenawa evokes sensations of pleasure and pain, ultimately pushing his partners to reveal their inner feelings and emotions to him.

FL: Odys, iG: RiggerOdys; X: riggerodys

He is also availabe for private tuition at www.kinbakuodyssey.com

Paige

Paige is a rope bottom who discovered a love for bondage early on in her kink journey. After meeting Odys at the beginning of 2022, she began exploring rope suspension, finding new ways to challenge herself and connect with her partner. She became enchanted by the emotional depth and physical torment of kinbaku, valuing the importance of tying with intention while mitigating safety risks.

She has assisted Odys with many lessons and workshops, has attended two workshops with KinbakuLuxuria, performed with Odys during Naka Akira's Semenawa Study Group in Tokyo in 2024, and studied with Naka Akira in Tokyo for 3 years to deepen her understanding of Naka style rope bondage..

FL: paige_sunshine, iG: Paige_sunshine26, X: paige__sunshine

Susie:

Susie is a rope bottom who began her rope journey in 2019. As a switch in other areas of kink, she is passionate about the dynamic nature and depth of the human experience. This is what draws her to kinbaku, as to her it is poetry in motion and another means of having a conversation to connect with another person. She uses rope as a lens to better understand herself and others, as she views it as a way to purposefully & intentionally interact with different emotions as they arise through the progressive rope interaction. To her, rope is a very embodied experience, and she also uses it as a means to be in better dialogue with her own body as she continues to challenge herself in rope and deepen into all that kinbaku has to offer.

FL: tiedupRN

Tickets to come