VIK & GALA: PROGRESSION IN SEMENAWA

Progression in Semenawa

Progressions in Semenawa is a two day workshop dedicated to exploring the practice of kinbaku from a perspective of semenawa. Avoiding the dogma, as we see bondage as a free practice with a free and personal interpretation, we will encourage all the participants to explore their own way, to get tools to adapt their ropes to their partners and to get inspiration from them. We will use ropes to create a deeper impact in our partners taking care not just of the technique but also of how we can use them to go further in emotions and feelings.

In this workshop, we will study the Takate Kote (TK) and other structures in depth and how they can work across a variety of situations. Even though, each participant will be able to work with the structural upper body harness that feels most secure for their partner, allowing the study to remain adaptive and inclusive. Through the weekend, we will move work in different types of exercises, from floor work to semi-suspensions and suspensions, predicaments and transitions according to the level of the group.

We will combine technical skill with aesthetic awareness, focusing on the efficiency of rope handling, line management, and the nuances of verbal and non-verbal communication that are essential for sustaining intense experiences.

Class Content

Over the course of the workshop, participants will work through multi-level structured exercises which will give the possibility to every participant to stop whenever they feel is the right moment, as the learning, in this workshop, is not in reaching the end but in how we trace the path. We will begin by exploring how structures and harness’ behave under strain, learning how small adjustments can drastically alter the whole experience. Each progression will highlight how Semenawa is less about elaborate patterns and more about using the simplest structures to evoke powerful sensations of torment, anticipation, and surrender.

Those tying will learn to refine their technical control while cultivating a space where endurance can be explored safely. Those being tied will be guided toward conscious and active bottoming, learning how to navigate discomfort, give feedback, and deepen their own knowledge of their body and mind.

Pre-requisites

Stable and solid Tk or upper body structure that can be suspended from the back

Knowledge of basics (single column, double column, reverse tension, friction, etc)

Suspension lines management and ties off

Set of 8-10 ropes minimum

Knowledge of the safety basics (injuries, self body knowledge, hand checks, etc)

Vik & Gala Bio

Vik and Gala are a couple from Barcelona. They have done ropes together for more than 4 years. Vik started exploring both roles in ropes before finding his preference for the rigger side, while Gala started bottoming until she discovered her curiosity for tying both others and herself. Both have learned from local and international teachers. For them, rope is a tool to explore, discover and express their feelings and highlight them. They found simplicity and intricacy in a style that enhances the beauty of the body and emotions, simple in appearance but with a great purpose, intention, complexity and intensity. Through their way of tying, they both exemplify a mixture of darkness, strength, delicacy, eroticism, closeness, power and more primal instincts. They have had the opportunity to do performances or, as they prefer to call them, live sessions with an audience, both locally and internationally, as well as professional photo and video shoots. They have also been invited to Milan to participate in the Kinbaku Lab research group and, both as riggers, created the Kinbaku Lab Barcelona along with other riggers and bottoms. For several years now, they have been focused on sharing Kinbaku professionally, both in international workshops and at the studio they are running together, Shizen Studio Barcelona.

TICKET FEE

DKK 3200 / € 430 per couple

Lounge members: DKK 3000 / € 403 per couple

TICKET LINK

https://kinbakulounge.safeticket.dk/vikandgalafeb2026

ACCOMMODATION

Free accommodation possible. Please contact us via admin@kinbakulounge.dk, if you want to hear more.