Shibari Ropeplay
Shibari workshops, events and teaching since 2016
@ClubX, Helsinki
Welcome to Shibari Ropeplay
We are a group of four volunteers, friends and shibari enthusiasts who organize shibari parties, workshops and teaching on beginner, intermediate and advanced level.
In our events we warmly welcome both new and old shibari lovers. Feel free to attend solo, with a partner or as a group.
♡: Kata, Virve, Hanna and Alex
Weekly teaching and salon
Shibari teaching is divided into two groups: basic level and intermediate/advanced. Beginners’ courses are held as one day workshops four times a year. For more information, please see our Instagram account.
Shibari salon is a jam evening with time and space for your own sessions and practise. You may ask for help from the organisers and learn together with other participants. Salons might include performances of which we will inform separately on our Instagram account.
Schedule of the evening
If you are coming to ClubX for the first time, we strongly recommend that you arrive when the doors open. We kindly ask all participants to be present for the safety info as doors will be closed at 19 o’clock.
- 18.45 doors open
- 19.00 safety info
- 19.15-20.30 teaching every third week
- 20.30-22 time for sessions and practice (or 19.15-22 when there is no teaching)
Tickets
You don’t have to be a member of ClubX to join our events. The only thing you need is a valid ticket. Entry ticket for each Tuesday has to be purchased separately through ClubX’s ticket shop.
Accessibility
ClubX is wheelchair accessible including a toilet and a shower. The door to the stairwell is quite heavy but our staff is happy to assist to you if needed. If possible, please let us know before hand of your arrival so that we can be by the stairwell when you arrive.
ClubX
Shibari Ropeplay rents the premises of ClubX and thus we are able to help you with questions related only to our own Shibari Ropeplay events. For questions related to ClubX, please contact the club’s staff.
Workshops & Parties
Semenawa without gote 25.-26.4.2026
While gote remains central in Japanese bondage and especially in the didactics of bondage, it is worth noting that in practice, Japanese bondage offers many different options to tie the hands other than gote. Browsing older shibari pictures we can…
Embodied Surrender 31.1.-1.2.2026
This workshop reorients the practice of semenawa around the bottom’s experience blending somatic bodywork with hands-on rope exercises to cultivate resilience, emotional awareness and collaborative growth. Designed for both bottoms and riggers, the curriculum emphasizes how bottoms can actively shape…
Thomas Harukumo 8.-9.11.2025
The Yukimura-Ryū shibari style emphasizes emotional communication, seduction, and flow over complex rope patterns or restraint. Day 1 focuses on building foundational awareness of this style through theory, communication, and physical techniques that foster intimate, emotionally resonant interactions. Day 2…
Wildties & RedSabbath 4.-6.4.2025
In this three days workshop we will not learn new skill sets but will focus on those learned in level 1 and 2 to create different shapes and patterns. This workshop includes many of the ties that are taught in…
Naka & Iroha 20.-22.9.2024
Naka Akira has his own style of shibari, Naka Ryû, which is based on aesthetics and semenawa. Performance Fri 20.9.2024 19-00 o’clock including two performances: Naoko with Awa, and Naka with Iroha. No entry after 20 o’clock. Workshop This two…
Beginners’ workshop 14.9.2024
Our instructors Kata and Virve will cover some basic shibari ties, skills and safety issues. You can use our lend-out ropes for practice during the workshop but we recommend using your own ropes if you have some. Attend solo or…
Kasumi Hourai 25.-26.5.2024
The theme for the workshop is the heart of Japanese beauty and way of tying. Kasumi Hourai teaches the basics applications, transitions and techniques of her style but also some safety measures that allow you to focus on the deep,…
Beginners’ workshop 16.3.2024
Our instructors Kata and Virve will cover some basic shibari ties, skills and safety issues. You can use our lend-out ropes for practice during the workshop but we recommend using your own ropes if you have some. Attend solo or…
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FAQ & Rules
To find more information about our events and FAQ, view our Instagram highlights.
In Shibari Ropeplay we follow the principle of RACK (Risk Aware Consensual Kink). Further safety instructions and rules of the evening are always presented in the start info at 19 o’clock so please arrive on time. Please also note that the organisers are available only for teaching and instructions, not tying or sessions.
Shibari Ropeplay is a BDSM and sex positive event. All rules of ClubX’s apply to our events as well. Familiarize yourself with the them in advance on ClubX’s website. Note that Shibari Ropeplay rents the venue of ClubX and thus we are able to help you with questions related only to our own Shibari Ropeplay events. For questions related to ClubX, please contact the club’s staff.
About us & Contact
Shibari Ropeplay is organized by a group of four shibari enthusiastic friends. The parties, workshops and teaching are run as volunteer work and out of love to shibari as a lifestyle and a practice. The organisers are not a part of ClubX’s staff.
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us via our Instagram account or email ropeplay.shibari(a)gmail.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Our Instagram account is maintained by Virve and email by Hanna.
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