Microbondage

Fri Feb 13, 2026

7-10pm

This 2-day intensive for intermediate rope practitioners explores a style of tying informed by contact improv, social dance, and theater, emphasizing deep connection, attunement, and movement fluency. Through technical deep dives and hands-on practice, you’ll learn to incorporate improvised and intentional movement into your rope, shifting focus from the rope itself to the shared experience with your partner. We’ll focus on how we use our bodies to listen and connect with our partners, exploring body manipulation, and movement in both floorwork and loaded ties. Expect an emotionally engaged weekend centered on "yes and..." tying—where play, exploration, and presence take priority.

Prerequisites (for both people in a pair):

• Familiarity with each other as tying partners

• Knowledge of common rope risks and risk mitigation strategies

• Physical ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, and have basic standing balance

• Some suspension experience

• Person Tying: comfortable with top and bottom lock-offs on carabiners

• Person Being Tied: active bottoming experience and being suspended in multiple positions

• Suspendable chest harness (arms out): 

• Person Tying: sustainable and suspendable chest harness that works best for the person being tied

• Person Being Tied: experience being suspended in a sustainable chest harness

Equipment:

• 8-10 piece rope kit 

• 1-2 synthetic or reinforced uplines

• Cutting tool

• 3+ climbing rated carabiners

• Ring or Rigging Plate (optional)

• 1-2 climbing rated straps/slings/webbing
  

Tickets per person: $450 per pair + processing fees

For those new to the studio, please fill out this vetting form after you get your ticket so we can get to know you!

Presenter Bios:

Kasm and Anoxia have been partners in life and in rope since 2018; tying, teaching, and performing together. They have presented in classes and intensives across the US, as well as at large kink conferences like Ropecraft, Kinkfest, Tethered Together, and Desert Bound.

Anoxia (they/them) is a switch based out of Chicago, who started in rope in 2015. Over the years, they’ve had the opportunity to study in many different styles with educators in the US, Europe, and Japan. They present classes which go beyond patterns and rote memorization to teach underlying principles relevant to students at any point in their rope journey. Nox also currently serves on the NARIX steering committee. In play, their rope is often intense, creative, dynamic, and charged with emotional sadism.

Kasm (IG: @kasm.of.rope) is a queer, kinky switch and self-tier who started teaching in 2018. 

In the classroom they prioritize personalized instruction and building an environment that is safe to flail in. In their personal practice they enjoy exploring intimacies and modes of play through the lens of rope bondage, with a focus on movement driven scenes and sadomasochistic play. They recently relocated to Chicago after coming up in the Seattle scene.