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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