Browse all 16 classes offered at MRM 2026. Click any class to read the full description, instructor bio, and prerequisites.
About this class
Bamboo is a wonderful tool that adds structure, leverage, and connection. It becomes its own anchor point, opening up more possibilities and creating some restrictions — for both the person tying and person getting tied. Bamboo creates interesting shapes, adding a new dimension to floor ties that can also be applied to partial and full suspensions.
When learning bamboo, practitioners often find that it can be awkward and interferes with connection. In this workshop we will focus on how to use bamboo as a connective bondage tool before the rope is even introduced! Exercises include mobility drills for both riggers and rope bottoms as a warmup and to get more familiar bamboo as a tool rather than a distraction, followed by connective exercises that explore connecting through bamboo for body manipulation and restriction. The emphasis is on using bamboo as a primary bondage tool.
We will also discuss & explore some of the unique safety and spatial considerations when using bamboo as a bondage tool or addition to bondage.
Prerequisites
Single column tie · basic rope safety knowledge (nerve pathways and compression) · some experience with body manipulation and movement · awareness of individual range of motion and any joint restrictions.
About the instructor
Guignonette teaches & performs at Tension Montreal and across North America. He is one of the founding members of the EXIST self-tie conference, as well as hosting Men's Rope Night Montreal. As a teacher, Guignonette focuses on clear, well-understood basics and applying those principles in new, creative, and exciting ways as students progress at any level.
Guignonette's rope style is dramatic, caring, technical, and challenging — exploring strength, vulnerability, and exposure. He often integrates bamboo, external structures, and alternative materials such as clothing, fabric, or ribbon. Though he works with people of all bodies and genders, he is most experienced in tying people with masc bodies, showcasing their shape and features.
About this class
Ever feel like you need to learn tons of harnesses or that the ones you know don't always work? This beginner friendly rope class uses the TK harness as a framework to explore how small, intentional decisions shape structure, comfort, and aesthetic outcomes. We will build one harness step-by-step, pausing at key points to examine different options based on body type, and safety considerations to create a personalized harness for every session. The goal is to give students a practical, adaptable way of thinking about rope that supports creativity and flexibility in your tying practice
Prerequisites
Single column tie · basic frictions and knots (x-friction / munter).
About the instructor
Cris (AU) is a queer, first-generation Latino, with 8 years of experience tying and in the leather scene. Cris identifies as a mental sadist, using anticipation, psychological play, and emotional awareness to create experiences that feel both challenging and personal. Their rope integrates multiple intersections of practice, including body awareness, and intentional connection.
As an instructor, Cris brings a structured, "mathematic" approach to teaching that emphasizes foundational building blocks and flexible pathways. Instead of presenting rope as a fixed set of outcomes, they focus on how simple concepts can be layered and recombined to create complexity. Their teaching encourages free thinking, and creative problem solving.
About this class
Japanese rope bondage is often presented as intricate, highly technical, and visually elaborate. But there is another side to it: intimate, playful, and emotionally precise.
Drawing from Yukimura style, we'll explore a structured approach to building an emotional arc with one rope. The focus is on body manipulation, rope handling, tension, timing, and intention — not simply where rope is applied to the body, but how it is applied. Using just a few core building blocks, we'll work with ways to create connection, control, and a wide range of sensations, from gentle and caressing to rough and demanding.
Rather than teaching a collection of decorative or suspendible ties, this class centers on using rope as an interactive tool for play. We'll also cover safety considerations, and there will be time for Q&A.
Prerequisites
None.
About the instructor
Daemon is one of the founders of Second City Kinbaku and Silver State Shibari, two comprehensive 18-month courses in Japanese suspension bondage based in Chicago and Reno, respectively. Over the past decade, it has taught workshops and intensives at NARIX, Midwest FurFest, Chicago Rope, the Chicago Hellfire Club, MRM2025, Atlanta's queer rope scene, and Burning Man. Its training includes private lessons, weekend intensives, and time in Japan studying with renowned rope artists such as Nawashi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Otonawa, Kazami Ranki, Murasaki, Pedro Cordas, Barkas, Osada Steve, and Yoroi.
With a style initially grounded in the sensual, intimate techniques of Yukimura Haruki, Daemon has taken over 70 hours of private instruction from six of Yukimura's licensed students. Over time, its style gradually incorporated a variety of influences, often adapting techniques originally designed for suspending small-bodied models, to safely support individuals of all body types. Its rope often emphasizes primal play and fear play, reshaping conventional methods to suit diverse bodies and dynamics while maintaining safety and intention.
About this class
Exploding harnesses are harnesses meant to be suspension worthy that can also be dramatically "untied" in seconds due to their high-tension design. This class is meant to be a primer on exploding tie construction/theory and to teach at least one practical harness. POSH or equivalent rated rope highly recommended for any exploding ties intended for suspension. This class discusses exploding harnesses and will NOT cover topics like quick release uplines or upline drops.
Prerequisites
Ability to tie suspension-worthy harnesses · at least beginner upline knowledge.
About the instructor
Colin (he/they), also known as ropespringseternal online, is a lifelong learner with a sustained passion for cordage. Having experience self-tying and in both partnered tying roles, he finds his practice is only enriched by exploring peculiar avenues to use rope and similar tools to achieve a little levity. When not tying rope bondage, he can often be found writing, studying other kinds of bodywork, or binging tv. He's only broken three bones for the sake of study and it was all at once.
About this class
From tensioned torsos to unbeweavable mancrame, sometimes limbs can be a bit of an afterthought. However, the tying and placement of the limbs is critical to a complete capture of a sub, and nowhere is that more evident than in the catalogue of animal-themed ties. So join me in turning an afterthought into the main event. In this class, we will explore dynamic floor play as we transition through a petting zoo of positions. Beginning with a modified hog tie, we will manipulate and modify classic standalone forms, and in so doing investigate the impact of position, flexion, and tension using the same ties through multiple orientations. Get ready for the rodeo and join in the barnyard fun!
Prerequisites
Single column tie · basic 1-rope chest harness · a two-column leg binder (spiral futo preferred) with comfort at arms and legs.
About the instructor
Whimsically maniacal purveyor of arbitrary and capricious acts of mancrame for over a decade. MyFrogHasHat self-identifies as an unnecessarily but delightfully maximalist and ornate roper, because kink is hardly about the bare necessities. Offering custom, hand-crafted hempy hugs, with focuses on: ornamental, decorative ties; evolving application of knots and weaves; constriction; rope-based CBT; and punishingly pushing the limits of badinage. He likes to think he's infamously known as a menace to testicles everywhere, and actual reviews include "ouch, but fun," as well as a series of screams and gargling noises. Periodic teacher and community resource on processing and/or coloring natural fibers. Chicago-based.
About this class
This class will focus on a comfortable and secure chair tie position that can be sustained for an extended period. We will cover arms behind the back and down at the sides as well as legs together and spread apart. Rope placement to allow access for tormenting and teasing will also be discussed. And for good measure we will also go over the cowboy bandana gag.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of rope is helpful but not required.
About the instructor
TieguyWYO loves bondage! Rope is his favorite tool of the trade because it can be artwork while also being totally restrictive and making someone helpless. That's when the real fun starts. He is a co-organizer of Camp Knotty; a weekend bondage retreat that happens annually in June. He also regularly organizes group bondage gatherings throughout the year. In addition to organizing these events he also regularly attends MAL and IML and MIR. He's always been fascinated by bondage and rope in particular has always had a special place in his heart but it really ramped up his ropes play when he met TieMeTight in 2020 and he taught him his rope techniques.
About this class
This class shifts the focus from intricate patterns to connection, sensation, and erotic flow, with improvisation and adaptation for a variety of body types.
ONE LONG ROPE is a hands-on workshop exploring freestyle floorwork with a single 25 to 30 foot rope. Participants move through a continuous sequence of transitions and positions designed to maintain contact, control, and intimacy. Rather than memorizing a pattern, the goal is to use rope for play while staying present with a partner. We open with an attunement warm-up, first without rope and then with it, that builds the lead and follow language carried through the rest of the session. From there we move into a demo, a walk-through, and a tie-along with coaching.
Attendees will leave with a framework for opening a rope scene without leaning on a memorized pattern, practical adaptations for tying larger and more muscular bodies, tools for staying present and reading a partner through rope, and a working vocabulary for intimacy and sensuality on the floor.
Bring rope, a partner, and a sense of curiosity. A working single column tie is recommended.
Prerequisites
A working single column tie is recommended.
About the instructors
Tom Roper (Thiktool) is a Brooklyn-based rope bondage artist, photographer, and educator whose work blends rope bondage tying with raw erotic intimacy. Known for his nurturing "soft-Daddy" style, Tom focuses on floorwork, sensual restraint, and making kink fantasies real. Through his platform THIKTOOL, he creates vivid, cinematic scenes that center queer male bodies, trust, and beautifully controlled suffering.
Zed Sheng (Toolboi) is a performer, rope bondage switch, and filmmaker. He was nominated as a performer for 'Best Fetish Scene' at the GayVN Awards in 2023 and 2026, and has worked with Kink Men and Himeros.tv. His films have screened in Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels Porn Film Festival, and the London Fetish Film Festival. Human Chandelier, a short film created with his husband Thiktool, was featured in the Spring 2024 HUMP! Film Festival, where it won 'Best in Show' and 'Best Kink.' He received his PhD in Performance Studies in May 2026, his ongoing research includes racial objectification, pleasure, and desire.
About this class
There are 21,384+ permutations of the hogtie, yet many of the hogties you'll see on the socials follow a common formula. Attendees of this lab-style class will diversify their hogtie toolkit by exploring the wide array of options that can be incorporated to meet the specific goals of nearly any scene. We'll discuss three common goals - aesthetics, compression and wriggle - and then identify permutations that can lend themselves well to achieving each. In addition, we'll talk about effective tensioning and other tricks to spice up your hogtie.
Prerequisites
Not specified — lab style, open to a range of experience levels.
About the instructor
Over the last six years, I have tied & suspended 121 different people, most often on a Sunday. Yes, I keep statistics. Rope is both playful and technical in this way, the combination of focusing on the structure of the rope while also giving myself completely to my partner. Beyond rope bottoms, I've also tied a community together by founding and organizing a monthly men tying men gathering in Los Angeles, first called Can You Knot and now HimBound.
In 2023, Jason dipped his toe into rope by attending Can You Knot, and by the end of the night he found himself suspended. We've been tying on the floor and in the air ever since. When not in rope he's in leather or rubber, and always caged. @LALocked
About this class
Touch is a language. In rope, it is often the first and most powerful way we communicate intention and desire. Before addressing how rope interacts with the body, we'll examine how we use our bodies to interact.
This class centers on the deliberate use of erotic, invasive touch and objectification as expressive tools within rope play.
Through structured exercises, participants will develop sensitivity to different qualities of touch, learning how to shift from tentative to assertive, from connective to objectifying. We'll incorporate body manipulation techniques to enhance intensity and presence, offering practical ways to amplify the physical, and psychological impact of touch.
As the class progresses, we'll translate these embodied skills into rope, exploring how intention, tone, and touch carry through tying. Participants will leave with tools, techniques and a deeper understanding of how to use their bodies and ropes to create more intentional, evocative scenes.
Prerequisites
No specific rope skills or harnesses necessary.
About the instructors
TheOtherMonster (They/He) has been active in the kink community since 2018. A sadist and rope top with a love for creativity, skill expression, and power exchange. Their teaching style centers on developing skills, confidence, and communication, empowering kinksters to play in ways uniquely suited to them. Whether breaking down technique, mindset, or relationship dynamics, they aim to help others grow into more confident, capable perverts.
suffermeat (they/them) has been active in the broad kink scene since 2013, discovered their love for rope in early 2023, and has been hyper-fixated ever since. They adore rope for the diversity of perspectives and approaches to the way we play, finding an appreciation for everyone's unique language and expression of themselves. They use their skills and experience as a switch to give more contextual insights into the choices we make and how they impact each other.
About this class
Have you found yourself staring at someone in your yoga studio, wishing you could freeze time so you could explore and appreciate their body in this position? Does your imagination run wild while seeing people working out in the park or at your gym, wanting to stop and stare for as long as you wish? Are you curious about different ways the body can be organized, and the delicious potential these positions offer?
While exploring different postures drawn from yoga, massage therapy, and physical fitness, Sunburst and Daevid will guide a discussion that deepens our biomechanical understanding of how the body moves. We will use rope to reinforce or intensify the experience for the person being tied, leaning into an objectifying desire to experiment with the body while pushing each other further.
Prerequisites
A curious mind and desire to explore each other as objects. Bring whatever rope skills you have.
About the instructors
Informed by Sunburst's yoga studies and Daevid's work as a massage therapist and personal trainer, their combined curiosity about the human body has pushed them to explore novel ways to impose and support physically demanding shapes in rope.
About this class
Leg and arm binders are wonderfully restrictive, but many rope bottoms experience discomfort in the shins and wrists, especially when trying to sustain these ties for long periods or when under load. This class will start with a general pattern for starting ties on the hands and feet and move into a suspendable leg binder with no shin wraps and an arm binder with no wrist wrap, unlocking binders for our pain averse bunnies.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of single and double column ties only.
About the instructor
Cosmo is a rigger, aerialist, self suspension enthusiast, and instructor. He has been training and performing since 2022 in San Francisco and focuses on the intersection of those art forms, blending kink and movement and generally being very weird. He now lives in Brooklyn and is a member of the Knotty NY Daddies.
About this class
We all know rope can be mean and stressful, but what if we intentionally crafted a sadistic scene? In this class, we will show how to incorporate ties that are intentionally made to cause pain and also highlight methods to expose the parts of the bottom to hit for layered sensations. We will cover body mechanics in playful and potentially painful ways that you can add into your scenes, discuss mixing impact and bondage, and teach some of our favorite ties that expose the bottom's prime spots for impact and heighten their sensitivity to pain! This class will cover some basic tactics and ties that are mean in nature and focuses on incorporating impact into tying. Attendees will learn calf binder ties, classic exposure and stress positions, and how to weave sadism into a scene
Prerequisites
Tops: single column tie and rope basics (101 level). Bottoms: willingness to explore masochistic rope.
About the instructors
I'm Oliver! I've been tying since 2016. I started with bedroom bondage, floor work, and predicament bondage and over the last several years have moved into the air with suspensions, performances, and mentoring rope. I teach rope as fundamental blocks to rearrange and build a tie and scene. My current philosophy and view on rope and bondage is a mix of "rope and…" (blending kinks and desires). While there are many aspects of rope that I enjoy, it generally boils down to two categories: artistic problem solving, and the connective nature it brings with partners. I have taught at MRM, CLAW, and in my local scene. I am the founder and lead for Tethered Men, a space for men who tie men based in Durham, NC.
Sparky Puppy (he/him). Raleigh NC native puppy who has been kinky for a while, but active in the rope scene for the last 3 years. Experienced rope bottom with a focus on active bottoming, he has helped teach suspension classes in the Raleigh area. Say hello if you see them, they won't bite (as they typically are the ones being bitten
About this class
Reconnecting with PG-13 experiences of fumbling hands under shirts, over pants, we will exploit the barriers that clothing offers to build tension and thirst. In this guided lab, Bondagious & Thumper set up deliberate obstacles by tying around, over, and under clothing. How can working within constraints create opportunities to get up close and personal? These thirsty games can provoke fruitful frustration while trying to solve perverse puzzles of our own design.
Prerequisites
Advanced beginner level and up — partners should be familiar with various tying techniques and want to explore emotional intimacy and intensity.
About the instructors
Bondagious (he/him) snared Thumper (they/he) on a rope date in 2019, and have been tying tangible and intangible bonds ever since. Based in Montreal, Canada, they are influenced by Akechi Kanna and Yukimura Haruki styles (Japan), approaching rope as a tool for communication and connection. Drawing on the dynamic, high-impact minimalism of Tifereth (Toronto) as well as their own backgrounds in performance, they aim to surprise and delight audiences—and each other.
Since 2022 they have presented workshops and performed across North America, including the inaugural editions of Men Roping Men (San Francisco) and Tying Masc Bodies (Chicago) conferences. In 2019 they founded Men's Rope Night in Montreal, a monthly community event for GBTQ+ men.
About this class
When does support from the floor stop being meaningful?
Working at the boundary between grounded and suspended states, we'll explore how to build ties that progressively remove the body's ability to exert force downward. Shifting weight, limiting push, and refining control. The focus is not on fixed patterns, but on understanding the mechanics that define an effective partial.
Structured as a guided exploration, this class invites improvisation within clear constraints. We'll work toward a shared goal: creating partial suspensions where contact with the floor no longer offers stability, leverage, or relief.
Along the way, we'll look at how small adjustments change the experience, and how to read those changes in real time. This is a class for those who want to move beyond "some weight off the ground" and into something more deliberate.
Prerequisites
Tops: suspendable chest harness and lower body tie · uplines. Bottoms: body awareness and strong communication in suspension and under tension.
About the instructors
Mr.R has been a rigger and bondage enthusiast since early 2015. Boston-based, his interests are ever evolving as he explores his own erotic mind. He enjoys the time it takes to create a scene through the transition of power offered by bondage. He desires to create various feelings of vulnerability, exposure, submission, discomfort, and control through the art and media of bondage. Mr.R is a founding member of Bondage N Boston, founded 2023, to provide bondage education and community in Boston and Providence. His rope style is largely self-taught and irreverent, lifting and stealing various techniques and aesthetics to suit his needs and desires.
Arby has been a rope bottom since 2021 using rope as a way to practice mindfulness and embodiment of his physical form. While in rope, Arby tries to find the points of failure in rope to better inform the mental and physical aspects of capture, endurance, and struggle.
About this class
From tiny movements in the fingers to huge movements in the arms, from moving the bottom's body to fully utilizing the top's - there are so many ways for a smoother and more confident tying experience, and to be able to connect more deeply with your partner. Rather than studying forms, we'll use forms that already feel familiar and play with unstructured tying in order to develop these concepts.
Prerequisites
Tops: single column tie, half hitches, munter hitches, and any structured upper body harness tied from memory. Bottoms: comfort assessing and communicating what they feel in their bodies.
About this class
What if warmup and aftercare weren't separate from the scene? What if they were the scene? This class shows tops and bottoms how to warm each other up using rope. Not just before it. Warmup can build a specific feeling or vibe. We'll also warm up the body and the mind. The body gets ready for the work of rope. The mind drops into the headspace to play. We'll show you how to shape that mood from the very first touch.
Then we'll bring it home. You'll learn the best stretches and bodywork to release tension and ease sore spots. The connection stays alive as you bring each other back down. You'll leave with a shared language and a hands-on toolkit for caring for a body through every phase of play. For Ellis, warmup and recovery aren't bookends. They're the scene itself.
Adapted from Ari's "Stretching and Bodywork" class.
Prerequisites
None.
About the instructor
Ellis is a San Francisco based rope switch enthusiast, educator, and performer. He developed his suspension practice through bondageotter's intensive series, performed at Folsom Street Fair, and teaches as part of the Ropeburn teaching team. Ellis is a bodywork instructor for a professional massage therapy program and enjoys learning and teaching all the different ways to manipulate a body. In his personal rope, Ellis gravitates toward connection, objectification, exploring limits, and the beauty of decoration and worship. For him, rope is more than technique. It is a medium of empowerment, intimacy, and community.
