Bamboo Bondage - Elbow Lock
By Lazarus Redmayne
Bamboo Bondage Elbow Lock
There are many, *many* ways to tie your partner to a pole of bamboo (or whatever). Tying a person to Bō (pole of bamboo), is sometime referred to as Takezao Shibari or “Take (pronounced “tacky”) Shibari”.
Here is one technique for tying your partner's elbow to a pole. This position provides a great deal of control over your partner and their position.
Also checkout the Yoke. Together, these should help launch you on your way to greater exploration!
If you see a reference in square brackets like this [SC ②], it refers to one of the techniques shown on the Bamboo Bondage - Attaching page.
You should already know the following ties:
Prerequisites
Video
Anchoring a pole to the shoulders
Begin with a “Prusik Anchor Harness – Low”
Add a Single Column to each wrist
Here I used Lark’s Head Single Columns [SC ②]
(Optional) Bring the tails of the two SCs together and twist the tails in an overhand knot
(Optional) You can make it more stable by turning it into a Square Knot
Bring each tail over the top of the pole on the opposite side
On the back, bring the line over the arm, above the elbow, then cross them…
…and run them over top of the pole on the other side
On each side, bring the tail down and over each forearm…
…then under the forearm on the other side and around the pole, back up to the top
Bring the tails to the middle. Now you just need to tie them off. There are many ways to do this, but here is one way that makes things a little tighter and tends to keep things quite stable
When bringing the tails together, cross them behind the center line
Then bring both tails down but run one *in front* of both sets of lines connecting the elbows and run one *behind* those lines.
Like this. Now they are running in opposite directions.
You can cinch all these lines together. If you have enough rope you can make multiple wraps
Then tie off with a square knot or with a few half hitches, etc
Done from the back
Done from the front