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Ball Ties

...a Design System

There are *many* ways to tie your partner into a ball. This course guides you through a process of tying your partner into a ball, presenting various options and choices that you might pick at each stage. If you count up the possible combinations included just in this course, there are over 1600 different ways to do a ball tie! … and yet this is not a comprehensive list of all possibilities; there are many others. But this should be a great starting point to inspire your own creativity! Read through this whole course first to get a sense of the possibilities before you begin!

★ 5.0 (1)3 lessonsTaught by Lazarus
3
Lessons
Intermédiaire
Skill level
Self-paced
Format

Your learning path

3 lessons · 27 topics

Seven stops from first principles to finishing touches — follow them in order.

  1. 1

    Core

    8 topics
    1Overview
    2Layer 1 – Do you want a chest harness?
    3Layer 2 – Do you want the knees together or apart as you attach them to the chest?
    4Layer 3 – Do you want the ankles together or apart?
    5Layer 4 – Where do you want the arms and wrists? How will you control busy fingers?
    6Layer 5 – Do you want any more straps or flourishes?
    7Layer 6 – Is their head going to be free to move, or restrained?
    8There are even more alternatives to explore!
  2. 2

    Example 1

    11 topics
    9Overview
    10Artist's Corner - Completed Ball Tie
    11Layer 1 – Chest Straps or Harness
    12Layer 2 – Ankles
    13Layer 3 – Legs – Highlights Version (for experienced riggers)
    14Layer 3 – Legs – Detailed Version
    15Layer 3 - Artist's Corner at this Stage of the Tie
    16Layer 4 – Ball – Highlights Version (for experienced riggers)
    17Layer 4 – Ball – Detailed Version
    18Layer 4 - Artist's Corner at this Stage of the Tie
    19Layer 5 – Wrists
  3. 3

    Examples 2-7

    8 topics
    20Overview
    21Example 1 – Chest harness, knees and ankles together, arms in back, wrists crossed
    22Example 2 – Chest harness, knees and ankles together, arms in front, wrists crossed
    23Example 3 – Chest harness, knees and ankles together, arms in front in individual cuffs
    24Example 4 – Chest harness, knees and ankles together, arms in back in a single column
    25Example 5 – Chest harness, knees and ankles together, arms in back, gote shibari style
    26Example 6 – Chest harness, knees and ankles apart, arms in front between legs
    27Example 7 – Malasana, ankles crossed bound with a single column, tail used to ball, Ebi style, wrists behind back