Bondage is about taking control if you are s dominant and loosing control or letting go of control if you are a submissive (slave).   Bondage can render a feeling of helplessness to the tied participant.

For many this feeling of helplessness and knowing the other party can do as they will to their body is a huge turn on.   For some it is an emotional release that is very calming and restful while some struggle against the binding to feeel the loss of control.

Bondage is a very useful tool that a Master should learn.  It is not necessary to learn the complicated and time consuming Japanese rope bondage techniques to do a competent job of restricting your slave.  Japanese rope bondage often takes hours because it is a process of building on layer after layer of ropes.  Good results can often be achieved with a basic knowledge of ropes, a few knots, safety precautions and a good imagination.  

Also good general bondage can be done with the use of leather wrist and ankle cuffs.  It’s much quicker and can be just as secure as ropes.  It also takes less skill and is safer for beginners.

Bondage can be used for erotic stimulation, punishment, discipline training, or humiliation. It provides  a real life example to the slave of her Master’s ownership of her body, time and space.  She is completely at his mercy while bound and remains so until he decides to release her.

Good bondage can be obtained with the knowledge of only a few simple knots and hitches. The basic knots are the square or reef knot and the bowline knot.  Both are cover under the knot section of this website. A link is provided below.

Restrictive bondage is done in one of two ways; 1) symmetric or 2) a-symmetric bondage.  A simple example of symmetric bondage is tying her hands together and her feet together. This is symmetric in that both sides of the body and her limbs are tied in the same way.  Symmetric bondage is the best way to allow a slave to be calm and at peace while drifting into subspace.  If meditation is your goal, then use symmetric bondage.  

A-symmetric bondage is usually more difficult for her. The mind tends to react to a-symmetric bondage differently than symmetric bondage because it is less peaceful and harder to adjust to.  It is also a good punishment bondage.  An example of a-symmetric bondage is tying one arm behind her back, one arm above her head, one leg straight and one leg bent.  Some forms of a-symmetric can be a real mindfuck.

Often blindfolds, gags, butt plugs and other toys are used in combination with bondage.

Before using intense bondage with an inexperienced submissive, it is often necessary to do some training bondage first.  This can include light bondage and bondage for a short periods of time.

Example of A-symmetric bondage