Suspension with Rope
(c) 2001, Revised 2005
Tatu perfoms suspensions at various venues around the country.
Rope suspension is a very dangerous undertaking.
Suspensions should only be taught by an experienced nawashi,
on a personal one to one, or small group basis.
Suspension should only be taught to dedicated students
of the art who have already obtained an acceptable skill level.
Nawashi Tatu does not feel it appropriate to teach suspensions in this online
forum,
therefore our tutorials will conclude at this point.
Some of the suspension forms one may learn include:
kotori
* literally means to fly as"little bird";
refers to any body harness basic to a rope suspension
aomuki shibari
* generic for any face up suspension
gyaku-ebi tsuri
* suspended in the face down Japanese Hog tie style position
kata-ashi
tsuri
* generally refers to a one-legged suspension
ryo-ashi tsuri
* refers to being suspended face down using
a chest harness (ushiro takate kote), with supports at the hips,
ankles and sometimes thighs
sakasa
tsuri
* a vertical suspension with the feet up and head down,
with the suspension point being from ankles and / or waist
tanuki tsuri
* "tanuki" literally refers a "raccoon like" animal
indigenous to Japan. "Tsuri" refers to suspension.
This tie is to tie up the subject by wrists and then ankles
in a face up bent at the position as taught by Mai Randi.