Looking for tutorials? Blogs to follow? Want to figure out that one tie you saw at the dungeon last week? This post has got you covered – written to be accessible for complete newbies, with resources even old hats at rope bondage can appreciate be they bottom or top.
(1) Tutorial Websites and Videos
Beautiful Bondage
Cam Damage
Crash Restraint Website
Crash Restraint Youtube
deGiotto Rope
EpicRope
Esinem Website
Esinem Shibari Classes
Evie Vane’s Videos
Kinbaku Luxuria
Kinbaku Today
Kink Academy
Kissmedeadly Doll References
Miss Eris
ReKink Rope Bondage Tutorials
Rope Baby
Rope Connections
RopeTopia Resources
RVA Rope
Secondfloor Lotus Studio
Shibari.Ph Resources
The Dutchy
The Twisted Monk
Two Knotty Boys Video Downloads
(2) Safety and Technique Information*
* = most of the website and video list also covers safety information
Kinky Clover Rope Bottom Guide
How to Be an Awesome Rope Bottom
A Guide For Rope Bottoms and Bondage Models
Bondage Safety for Bottoms
Resources for Rope Bottoms
Safety with Rope
BDSMWiki: Beginner Rope Bondage
Blackout: What to Do When Someone Faints
Crash Restraint Rope Advice
Fixing Problems Before They Happen
Free: Bondage Safety
Rope Incident Reports
On Circulation
On Nerve Damage
Pain in Kinbaku
Nerves in Rope Bondage
Nerve Injury Reference Card
Nerve Injury Treatment and Management
Remedial Ropes
Self-Suspension
Shibari.Ph: Read This Before Trying Bondage
What is Shibari?
Who Can be Suspended?
(3) Books
The Little Guide to Getting Tied Up by Evie Vane
Better Bondage for Every Body by Evie Vane
Rope Bondage The Smart Way: A Step By Step Guide To Using Rope Bondage In BDSM by Pete Riggs
Shibari You Can Use by Lee Harrington and RiggerJay
More Shibari You Can Use by Lee Harrington and RiggerJay
Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes by Two Knotty Boys
Two Knotty Boys Back on the Ropes by Two Knotty Boys
The Seductive Art of Japanese Rope Bondage by Midori
The Beauty of Kinbaku by Master “K”
Essence of Shibari: Kinbaku and Japanese Rope Bondage by Shin Nawakari
Rogue Hojojutsu by Douglas Kent
Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land by Douglas Kent
Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky by Douglas Kent
Bondage For Sex by Chanta Rose
Tie Me Up! The Complete Guide to Bondage by Stephan Niederwieser
(4) Tumblr Blogs
@schwein-child , @goodmorningm0therfucker , @kissmedeadlydoll
@camdamage
@ropebaby , @hornyropebunny @tohjiro
@japanesebdsmofficial @squirmforgood @evilthell, @amaury-grisel-shibari
@rumen-basheff , @kanan0690, @theropediary @jewelryandfire
@cubicletocollar, @em-ties, @strictly-dirtyvonp, @secondfloor-fet
@gaping-lotus, @jesseflanagan, @nawayoi @uncoiled-rope , @boshai,
@tieduptee, @furi0usge0rge, @daddysprettypinkprincess, @shibarikuma,
@daddyrigsme, @shaktibliss @nikolasromanov, @tied-yuno,
@kinkyropecuriosity @danielriquelme-shibari
@tentesion, @wykd-dave,
@ella-winters, @squirmforgood, @bondage-gifs, @master-rene-will,
@orpheusblack, @alekzander-kinbaku, @misunguided
@untitledminor,
@tied-yuno, @kbnawa, @ropedisco, @cordineclubarchives,
@tiedandtwisted420, @fred-rx, @skinny-redhead, @nikolasromanov,
@enbydea, @neckropenightmare, @hangknot, @se7enbondage
Tumblr blog list from @thebeautyofrope‘s awesome post because I simply could not do a better or more complete job myself
Please note that none of these links, references or websites are meant to serve as a complete guide to rope bondage by themselves. Rope classes and real life instruction are invaluable, and online materials do not make a complete substitute for learning best possible practices. Stay safe and have fun!