About Borderline
Borderline Shibari was created with the intention of sharing and nurturing this ambiguous culture, but also to provide high quality educational content that is more approachable for all those who want to learn giving the full range of what Shibari has to offer.
Looking around me I realised that although there is so much beauty in Shibari, it is still so hard for many to access this. Many platforms are still outdated in their presentation of gender roles and sexuality or feel too exclusive. I believe that there are many ways that Shibari can be practiced that can suit your own beliefs and intentions. It can be erotic, it can be aesthetic, it can be emotionally intense, but ultimately rope is just a way for us to explore each other.
About hua hua
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hua hua (she/her) is a Shibari artist and founder of Borderline. She began the first public Shibari events in Shanghai in 2017, facilitating bilingual events to help promote a healthier approach to Kink in China. After running a studio in Shanghai during the pandemic, hua hua left China in 2022 to bring Borderline to a global audience. She has taught numerous workshops and performed in the Americas, Europe and Asia and continues to runs a community online through her Patreon page.
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She believes that rope bondage is a practice of mindfulness and authentic expression. To her, ropes are like a bridge between people and cultures, to overcome societal borders in our search for intimate connection. Beyond her teaching practice, she is passionate about sharing Shibari to a wider public, collaborating with other practices such as fashion, dance and experimental theatre. She mostly works through the medium of film. Her film work presents Shibari art through numerous genre styles from pornography to horror.
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Her teaching style is more holistic than systematic, focusing on intention with a slow mindful pacing in her classes. She does not teach in one particular style, but rather on adapting the tie to meet the needs of everyone involved.
To learn with her online and watch her Shibari films check out Borderline Shibari on Patreon.
About Shibari
Shibari is the term generally used to define Japanese rope bondage. Although it is partially inspired by western bondage, Shibari is more centred around the communication between partners and creating an entire process, where ropes are the main player of the scene and not just a tool. Shibari draws from many different elements of Japanese culture, in particularly the martial art form Hojojutsu practiced in medieval Japan, however Shibari as we know it today began in the early 20th century as an erotic art. Although it began in the underground BDSM community, Shibari has in the last 100 years developed rapidly into its own expansive culture with many different approaches such as being used as a healing modality or as an artistic medium.
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