Academy Contributors

Tatu, a Dominant, is an active participant in the Florida BDSM community. Japanese Rope Art is his first love. He first came in contact with Kinbaku or Shibari in the late 70s although it was not until the early 1990's that he came out into the visible community in south Florida. He is one of the 7 original founding board members of S.P.I.C.E., a support and education group in Florida, now one of the largest and most successful organizations of its type in the world. He served on the early boards. He  was the founder of OTC (Off The Cuff) a monthly discussion group affliated with SPICE. He is also the founder and orgainizer of The Palm Beach Munch, which regularly attracts up to 100 people each month.  He is the current 2005 Prestident of SPICE.

He is a frequent workshop presenter, having given workshops for Black Rose, Michigan Rope, NLA, LIL, Shibaricon, SELF, Beat Me in St Louis, SPICE, PEER and numerous support groups and munches and private gatherings.  He was the keynote speaker for Shibaricon 2005.


Tenshi (Angel)
:   has been in the lifestyle for about 17 years. She has lived all over the world, and received much of her training in Yokosuka Japan.  Angel now resides in Florida and has graciously agreed to contribuite to the D/s ARts Website initially in the section on "The ARt of Geisha". She had the unique opportunity to train as a Geisha while she was in Japan. Angel has taught the D/s ARts in many disciplines, but Japanese Rope is one of her true loves. She is one of the few that have actually been trained in Japan by Japanese Senseis....... Welcome Angel!

PeggyO, a switch is a member of TES / The Eulenseigel Society (NY), SPICE (FL) and Uncommon Ground (CO). Former Treasurer of LSM / Lesbian Sex Mafia (NY) Current Treasurer of
NCSF /National Coalition For Sexual Freedom (NY/DC) . She was New York Leather Woman 1999, 2nd Runner Up IMsL/ International Ms Leather 1999. Founder, Dykes 'n Dolls (S. FL)



Susan Wright
founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and she current serves as Policy Director. Susan also coordinated the SM Policy Reform Project for the National Organization for Women, which in 1999 successfully changed NOW's anti-SM stance (policy established in 1980). In 1998, Susan edited "SM Classics," an anthology of twenty of the best essays and stories written by well-known authors in the SM-leather-fetish communities.
National Coalition of Sexual Freedom Website





Richard Clever,
is a gay male living in Japan working as a Japanese - English translator. He is a foot man, and has done extensive research on Hojojutsue while living in Japan.






Sir J, aka "The Florida Paddler"
is recognized as one of the finest corporal discipline artists in the United States. He not only has the physical skills but the mental ability to use floggers and single tails to play the female body like a fine symphony, leading to a crescendo of uncontrolled ecstasy.

He will be sharing with us Advanced Techniques with floggers and single tails. We look forward to adding his essays in the near future.

You can contact him by email at FlaPaddler@aol.com

See his webpage at  FlaPaddler's Home Page





Natalie,
is a switch, bi female living and an artist by vocation. She is a lovely soul, with a gift for artistic expression.







desire
reside in the Tampa, Florida area and is a gifted writer. She has been kind enough to contribute to this site.





Master David and lofty. David is very active in the Kentucky scene. David is one of the best Rope Artists in the country and have constructed a wonderful "discreet" home playroom you can see here via the academy section. Thanks for all your wonderful support.

subshevah is a member of Master David and lofty's leather family. She is a resident of Ohio. She has been a guest presenter for Black Rose and numerous events in the midwest.  To see a more extensive profile and her calendar of events, go to: http://ds-arts.com/shevah




Leeta a lifestylist from Florida. She is an excellent Rope ARtist, with a true heart for the Japanese style. She helps us with technical editorial review, finding our spelling & gramatical errors. We look to other contributions in the future.

More to come.... We have a number of other contributors to profile here, we just haven't gotten to it yet.....  

Perhaps you would like to contribute.  Please contact us.



Special Thank You....
We would also like to say a big thank you to
Leeta, who has given us valuable feedback and editorial review. What a god-send this lady has been to us.

Also thanks to FlaPaddler, Sexelady, Stormy, BigDaddy & Kit (of VIPER and the St.Auggie Munch), DarkLord, Leyla, Kiss, Moni and many others who have supported Tatu as a friend and great help, giving valuatble suggestions as we work to make this good of the community worldwide.

Also we wish to thank all our friends in our home area of Florida for their love and support of this project through the years. Thank you for your positive support loyalty as we try to bring a sense of the richness of our ARt to the world community.

Thank you to especially to my brother Warren, at Club Kink. We have been through years of great sucesses together.

Thank you to all our friends at the Palm Beach Munch for your support.

Thank you to the organization that is a part of my heart and soul.  S.P.I.C.E.  

For a further profile of Tatu see:  http://www.ds-arts.com/Tatu












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