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Japanese rope vocabulary: ties, floor positions, suspensions, knots and terms. Tap a card to reveal the answer.
Name this tie
Arms folded behind the back, forearms parallel and stacked, with wraps above and below the chest. Full name: ushiro takate kote shibari. The core upper-body harness and the usual main upline point in suspension.
SafetyHighest nerve risk of any tie — the radial nerve sits on the outer upper arm. Numbness, tingling, or weak grip means release now.
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Shakuhachi 尺八: Ladder lacing
Lacing up the arms or legs in a ladder pattern, named after the bamboo flute. Also hashigo shibari (梯子縛り).