Kasumi Hourai: Intensive Workshop
With great joy, we announce that Kasumi Hourai is coming to Portugal, a 2 day workshop on 24th and 25th of May 2025.
And a 3h workshop on Friday, 23rd of May 2025, starting at 7pm.
The model of this workshop will be Asami Hime, from USA/Barcelona (Spain).
This is the first time Kasumi Hourai is in Portugal and is an amazing opportunity to learn with her japanese rope bondage.
We have a couple of spots for people that are unpaired and want to come to the workshops and take advantage to this opportunity, listen and learn from Kasumi Hourai herself.
Limited spots.
INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
The workshop will be held in English with translation from Japanese to English. Duration of 6h per day, 2 full days.
Workshop starts at 10am until 6pm (Lisbon time), with 2h break for lunch (participants may use our social area to lunch and socialize).
Participants should arrive at 9am30 to prepare themselves.
Day One “Torturing Safely”
On the first day Kasumi will take about safety and measures to reduce and prevent accidents and injuries.
On this day Kasumi will teach Kasumi TK Style, followed by decoration ropes, semi-suspension exercises, foot binding and Ikebana.
Day Two “Traditional Japanese Kinbaku, Japanese Aesthetics in Every Detail”
On this day, Kasumi will deepen her TK (Kasumi style TK), explore difference of concepts TK and modern bondage TK, including concepts, rope muscles, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
During the workshop, we will incorporate Japanese gestures into our movements.
Kasumi will teach different types of suspension lines, followed by full body Hishibari – Suspension line.
Tie a Japanese kimono string, Obiage, in a vertical knot.
The day ends with “Moribana Kinbaku” which is one of styles of Ikebana, where all the students are tied up at the same time.
We will take a picture of the finished product. I recommend students to come with their cameras.
