MA – The Erotic Power of “Not Yet”
This workshop was born from a real, personal, and deeply transformative encounter with Haruki Yukimura. Not an encounter built on technique or spectacle, but on silence, waiting, minimal gestures, and suspended time. In those lessons, I - MaestroBD - discovered that the most intense part was not what was being taught, but what was being allowed to happen.
At the heart of this journey lies MA, a concept from Japanese culture that describes the space between things, the time before action, the interval where desire takes shape. MA is not an emptiness to be filled, but a living presence, charged with tension and possibility. It is what makes a gesture erotic, a relationship deep, an encounter unforgettable.
Yukimura did not teach me new ties. He taught me to remove, to slow down, to stop occupying all the space with intention or control. His lessons were often uncomfortable, because they offered no immediate answers, but invited you to stay, to listen, to tolerate the “not yet”. And it was precisely there that desire began to grow.
This workshop is the transmission of that experience. It is not an imitation of a style, but a journey through time, gesture, and relationship, exploring how MA can transform the way we stay in rope and with another person. It is not about doing more, but about making space. Not about anticipation, but about waiting.
MA cannot be taught.
But it can be encountered.
FOR WHO?
This workshop is aimed at bondage couples who have previously attended a "Ropeknights Yukimura Ryu I" workshop and are looking to delve deeper into the world of Yukimura Ryu. Since this is ultimately a world of eroticism, there should be no fear of intimacy between the bondage partners.
WHAT TO BRING?
Models are encouraged to wear clothing with potential for exposure (e.g. no leggings and tights)
Approx. 5-7 ropes are required - recommended rope: 7 to 8m long, 4-5mm in diameter.
Bring a blanket to use as a base.
SCHEDULE
Thursday 05/03
Doors open: 19h00
Workshop begins: 19h30
Workshop concludes: 23h30
PRACTICALS
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ABOUT Davide “MaestroBD” La Greca
Davide “MaestroBD” La Greca is an Italian Shibari teacher and author who has been performing, teaching, and researching rope since the early 2000s. Founder of the Italian Shibari Dojo network and a certified instructor in the Yukimura-Ryu tradition, he has brought his work to stages, festivals, and workshops across Europe and beyond. A direct and intimate encounter with Haruki Yukimura profoundly shaped his approach, shifting his focus from technique to time, presence, and subtraction. His teaching explores MA as erotic space, suspended gesture, and relational depth. Through rope, he investigates desire as something that grows when space is respected.
ABOUT Athena Mond Kiki
Athena Mond Kiki is an experienced Shibari model and performer, known for her conscious, grounded, and relational presence. With a long path that blends performance and deep experiential practice, she embodies rope as a space of listening rather than display. In workshops and on stage, her body becomes a threshold where Azukashi, vulnerability, and desire are allowed to emerge without being forced. Her collaboration with MaestroBD is rooted in trust, rhythm, and shared silence, making her an essential presence in exploring MA as lived, erotic experience.
TICKETS
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Tickets are non-refundable and non-tranferable to a later date.
Tickets are transferable to another person under certain conditions.
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