Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, November 7, 2026, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us there in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

Meet us there on November 7th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and tickets at https://www.viewcy.com/event/lust_caution_a_neon_113/checkout?event=674181e8-4f80-48fd-83ec-2fbf8960c50d

Wed. November 4, 2026, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Boxed Set TK Workshop III. Sō Gote 草 後手

The TK (takate-kote), also called a box tie or gote more broadly, is a classic shibari form that can be tied in many different patterns, styles, and variations from various lineages of shibari practitioners and for different purposes and aesthetics. This workshop series is an opportunity to refine your TK skills and expand your TK toolkit with highly knowledgeable instructors, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi of NYC Shibari.

Sō Gote style involves forward tension, over-the-stem passes, each rope tied separately with loose rope tails and without a finishing rope. The absence of complex technicalities makes the style challenging for both top and bottom because it emphasizes soft skills: interaction, body handling, subtlety, and nuance.

TK Workshop Series Description:

In this workshop series, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi teach skills for refining and deepening your TK tying and how to choose the TK details that are best for you. The Gote serves not only as a harness, but also as a training tool. The rich complexity of the Gote serves as an opportunity to practice tension, placement, frictions, rope handling, body handling, and flow. The knowledge and skills acquired in these classes will give insights, options and skills that can then be applied to other ties.

In these classes, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi will introduce you to two main Gote families for suspension, help you mitigate the risks, and discuss in deep detail the technical and interactive options at each step. Participants will learn skills and knowledge from Sam Jay & Zero-Gi's extensive "TK tool kit", drawing from their extensive international shibari training and practice, including a broad range of structural elements, pattern components, specific placement and tension. Participants will learn about the lineage/history of different TK designs and techniques, as well as "why" behind different and techniques. Participants will work on adjusting specific elements/patterns/tension/placement to the body of the specific person in rope and the specific purposes and context. Body mechanics, economy of movement, risks and risk mitigation, and more may also be included as part of the workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to receive individual feedback and assistance from instructors. Your craft, creativity and artistry comes in with how you apply these options to the partner you tie.

Prerequisites:

While Gotes are sometimes considered advanced topics in some rope circles, they are considered introductory topics in many other rope circles. These classes are fast-paced, but are suitable for beginners who can tie a non-collapsible single-column tie, as well as for intermediate and advanced students.

Tying participants must at a minimum solidly know a non-collapsing single-column tie, as well as a square knot, half hitch, and how to apply and adjust rope tension evenly to bodies. Prior experience tying TKs is recommended. Participants who have little or no experience tying TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.

Participants in rope (being tied) must be able to comfortably place arms behind the back in a box tie position, either with or without assistance from a partner. Prior experience in upper body ties, including both chest and arms, is required. Solid body awareness, particularly of nerves and joints and individual rope preferences in the arms and upper body, is also crucial. Prior experience in TKs is highly recommended. Participants who have little or no experience being tied in TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.

All participants must be able to clearly and efficiently communicate about rope and body issues that may arise.

Partnering: Hands-on participation in the workshop requires a tying partner, with one person tying and one person being tied. Solo attendees welcome to try to partner up with another solo participant at the start of the workshop.

What to Bring: Each tying pair will need 3-4 lengths of rope in the typical/standard lengths (~25-35 ft. long each). Having one shorter length as well may also be helpful.
Rope is also available for purchase with workshop sign-up & at the workshop.

Presenters: Sam Jay (Sam, he/him) and Zero-Gi (Gigi, she/her) are best known for bringing rope bondage to great heights, from skyscrapers to high fashion. They have made a splash through their iconic NYC Street Shibari project and without-a-net high-altitude urbex suspensions, giving them a unique perspective on suspension safety and dynamic risk management. Across New York and worldwide, they are also known for bringing jaw-dropping stunts, rip-roaring energy, feats of endurance, and breakneck speed to the stage, everywhere from Torture Garden and Dances of Vice fetish balls to Burning Man, underground raves, art festivals, intimate salons, destination resorts, off-Broadway shows, and television. They've been teaching and performing together internationally since 2020, most recently EURIX and Prague Shibari Festival, with Danish Shibari Festival next. But the dirty secret is that it’s really all about the hot ties at home with an audience of one.
Before joining forces in 2018, Sam Jay picked up strong fundamentals from 2011 to 2017 in the Osada-ryu-based Melbourne Rope Dojo, where he was one of the first five students. In 2017, he decided to tie partners rather than to tie styles, and that has made all the difference. Zero-Gi caught the rope bug in 2017, and while she owes a great deal to rich education in a diversity of tying styles from tops, bottoms, switches, and self-suspenders worldwide, she has always rooted her core practice in dedicated solo study, challenging assumptions, interrogating standard forms, and eventually developing and crash testing new ties on her own body first. Together, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi have continually pushed the envelope on a global stage, from single toe suspensions and death-defying heights to popular new ties, techniques, signature transition sequences, inclusive adaptations, and dogma-ditching expansion of the standard rope repertoire. While Gigi and Sam share their motivations (“woo”), they don’t require you to adopt their fetish for adventure, and instead focus on highly technical rope education with an angle to accessibility.

Tying spaces are limited and will sell out, so reserve tickets early at https://www.simpletix.com/e/boxed-set-a-tk-workshop-so-gote-tickets-294351

Date & Time

III. Sō Gote 草 後手
Boxed Set TK Workshop Series
Wed. November 4, 2026, 7:00 - 10:00 PM

Note: attending the first and second workshops is not a prerequisite.

Tuition

Tying Pair Ticket (2 people) - $95.92 ($90.00 + $5.92 Fee)
Standard Ticket (1 person) - $53.79 ($50.00 + $3.79 Fee)
covers the basic costs of a spot at the event
Sustaining Ticket (1 person) - $80.12 ($75.00 + $5.12 Fee)
subsidizes reduced price tickets to make programming more accessible to broader audiences

Venue

Coil & Cord
200 6th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11215

Get Tickets

Source: https://www.simpletix.com/e/boxed-set-a-tk-workshop-so-gote-tickets-294351

The TK (takate-kote), also called a box tie or gote more broadly, is a classic shibari form that can be tied in many different patterns, styles, and variations from various lineages of shibari practitioners and for different purposes and aesthetics. This workshop series is an opportunity to refine your TK skills and expand your TK toolkit with highly knowledgeable instructors, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi of NYC Shibari.

Workshop dates:
Thurs. October 15: 真 後手 Shin Gote
Thurs. October 22: 行 後手 Gyō Gote
Note: Each workshop date covers different content(design, techniques, style) on the broad topic of Gote/TK/box tie harnesses.
Attending the first workshop is not a prerequisite for attending the second workshop, though attendees will get the most out of attending both workshops.
Participants may sign up for both of the workshops or for either of workshops.

Thurs. October 22:: 行 後手 Gyō Gote
Gyō Gote style typically involves the following constructions: reverse tension, over-the-stem passes, each rope tied off to itself, and more improvisational, asymmetric finishing rope flourishes, with the finishing rope only going on after an upline is attached and tensioned.

In this workshop series, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi teach skills for refining and deepening your TK tying and how to choose the TK details that are best for you. The Gote serves not only as a harness, but also as a training tool. The rich complexity of the Gote serves as an opportunity to practice tension, placement, frictions, rope handling, body handling, and flow. The knowledge and skills acquired in these classes will give insights, options and skills that can then be applied to other ties.

In these classes, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi will introduce you to two main Gote families for suspension, help you mitigate the risks, and discuss in deep detail the technical and interactive options at each step. Participants will learn skills and knowledge from Sam Jay & Zero-Gi's extensive "TK tool kit", drawing from their extensive international shibari training and practice, including a broad range of structural elements, pattern components, specific placement and tension. Participants will learn about the lineage/history of different TK designs and techniques, as well as "why" behind different and techniques. Participants will work on adjusting specific elements/patterns/tension/placement to the body of the specific person in rope and the specific purposes and context. Body mechanics, economy of movement, risks and risk mitigation, and more may also be included as part of the workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to receive individual feedback and assistance from instructors. Your craft, creativity and artistry comes in with how you apply these options to the partner you tie.

Prerequisites: While Gotes are sometimes considered advanced topics in some rope circles, they are considered introductory topics in many other rope circles. These classes are suitable for beginners who can tie a non-collapsable single-column tie, as well as for intermediate and advanced students.

Tying participants must at a minimum solidly know a non-collapsing single-column tie, as well as a square knot, half hitch, and how to apply and adjust rope tension evenly to bodies. Prior experience tying TKs is recommended. Participants who have little or no experience tying TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.

Participants in rope (being tied) must be able to comfortably place arms behind the back in a box tie position, either with or without assistance from a partner. Prior experience in upper body ties, including both chest and arms, is required. Solid body awareness, particularly of nerves and joints and individual rope preferences in the arms and upper body, is also crucial. Prior experience in TKs is highly recommended. Participants who have little or no experience being tied in TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.
All participants must be able to clearly and efficiently communicate about rope and body issues that may arise.

Partnering: Hands-on participation in the workshop requires a tying partner, with one person tying and one person being tied. Solo attendees welcome to try to partner up with another solo participant at the start of the workshop.

What to Bring: Each tying pair will need 3-4 lengths of rope in the typical/standard lengths (~25-35 ft. long each). Having one shorter length as well may also be helpful.
Rope is also available for purchase with workshop sign-up & at the workshop.

Presenters: Sam Jay (Sam, he/him) and Zero-Gi (Gigi, she/her) are best known for bringing rope bondage to great heights, from skyscrapers to high fashion. They have made a splash through their iconic NYC Street Shibari project and without-a-net high-altitude urbex suspensions, giving them a unique perspective on suspension safety and dynamic risk management. Across New York and worldwide, they are also known for bringing jaw-dropping stunts, rip-roaring energy, feats of endurance, and breakneck speed to the stage, everywhere from Torture Garden and Dances of Vice fetish balls to Burning Man, underground raves, art festivals, intimate salons, destination resorts, off-Broadway shows, and television. They've been teaching and performing together internationally since 2020, most recently EURIX and Prague Shibari Festival, with Danish Shibari Festival next. But the dirty secret is that it’s really all about the hot ties at home with an audience of one.
Before joining forces in 2018, Sam Jay picked up strong fundamentals from 2011 to 2017 in the Osada-ryu-based Melbourne Rope Dojo, where he was one of the first five students. In 2017, he decided to tie partners rather than to tie styles, and that has made all the difference. Zero-Gi caught the rope bug in 2017, and while she owes a great deal to rich education in a diversity of tying styles from tops, bottoms, switches, and self-suspenders worldwide, she has always rooted her core practice in dedicated solo study, challenging assumptions, interrogating standard forms, and eventually developing and crash testing new ties on her own body first. Together, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi have continually pushed the envelope on a global stage, from single toe suspensions and death-defying heights to popular new ties, techniques, signature transition sequences, inclusive adaptations, and dogma-ditching expansion of the standard rope repertoire. While Gigi and Sam share their motivations (“woo”), they don’t require you to adopt their fetish for adventure, and instead focus on highly technical rope education with an angle to accessibility.

Ticket info: Tuition

Tying Pair Ticket (2 people) - $95.92 ($90.00 + $5.92 Fee)
Standard Ticket (1 person) - $53.79 ($50.00 + $3.79 Fee)
covers the basic costs of a spot at the event
Sustaining Ticket (1 person) - $80.12 Price $75.00 + $5.12 Fee
subsidizes reduced price tickets to make programming more accessible to broader audiences

The TK (takate-kote), also called a box tie or gote more broadly, is a classic shibari form that can be tied in many different patterns, styles, and variations from various lineages of shibari practitioners and for different purposes and aesthetics. This workshop series is an opportunity to refine your TK skills and expand your TK toolkit with highly knowledgeable instructors, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi of NYC Shibari.

Workshop dates:
Thurs. October 15: 真 後手 Shin Gote
Thurs. October 22: 行 後手 Gyō Gote
Note: Each workshop date covers different content(design, techniques, style) on the broad topic of Gote/TK/box tie harnesses.
Attending the first workshop is not a prerequisite for attending the second workshop, though attendees will get the most out of attending both workshops.
Participants may sign up for both of the workshops or for either of workshops.

Description: Thurs. October 15: 真 後手 Shin Gote
Shin Gote style typically involves the following constructions: forward tension, under-the-stem passes, extension of rope ends to rope bites, and more precise geometric finishing rope patterns.

In this workshop series, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi teach skills for refining and deepening your TK tying and how to choose the TK details that are best for you. The Gote serves not only as a harness, but also as a training tool. The rich complexity of the Gote serves as an opportunity to practice tension, placement, frictions, rope handling, body handling, and flow. The knowledge and skills acquired in these classes will give insights, options and skills that can then be applied to other ties.

In these classes, Sam Jay & Zero-Gi will introduce you to two main Gote families for suspension, help you mitigate the risks, and discuss in deep detail the technical and interactive options at each step. Participants will learn skills and knowledge from Sam Jay & Zero-Gi's extensive "TK tool kit", drawing from their extensive international shibari training and practice, including a broad range of structural elements, pattern components, specific placement and tension. Participants will learn about the lineage/history of different TK designs and techniques, as well as "why" behind different and techniques. Participants will work on adjusting specific elements/patterns/tension/placement to the body of the specific person in rope and the specific purposes and context. Body mechanics, economy of movement, risks and risk mitigation, and more may also be included as part of the workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to receive individual feedback and assistance from instructors. Your craft, creativity and artistry comes in with how you apply these options to the partner you tie.

Prerequisites: While Gotes are sometimes considered advanced topics in some rope circles, they are considered introductory topics in many other rope circles. These classes are suitable for beginners who can tie a non-collapsable single-column tie, as well as for intermediate and advanced students.

Tying participants must at a minimum solidly know a non-collapsing single-column tie, as well as a square knot, half hitch, and how to apply and adjust rope tension evenly to bodies. Prior experience tying TKs is recommended. Participants who have little or no experience tying TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.

Participants in rope (being tied) must be able to comfortably place arms behind the back in a box tie position, either with or without assistance from a partner. Prior experience in upper body ties, including both chest and arms, is required. Solid body awareness, particularly of nerves and joints and individual rope preferences in the arms and upper body, is also crucial. Prior experience in TKs is highly recommended. Participants who have little or no experience being tied in TKs--and who meet the minimum prerequisites--are welcome to attend the workshops if they are up for the challenge, and with the awareness that class pacing is geared towards participants who are not brand new to TKs but are looking to refine and expand their TK vocabulary.
All participants must be able to clearly and efficiently communicate about rope and body issues that may arise.

Partnering: Hands-on participation in the workshop requires a tying partner, with one person tying and one person being tied. Solo attendees welcome to try to partner up with another solo participant at the start of the workshop.

What to Bring: Each tying pair will need 3-4 lengths of rope in the typical/standard lengths (~25-35 ft. long each). Having one shorter length as well may also be helpful.
Rope is also available for purchase with workshop sign-up & at the workshop.

Presenters: Sam Jay (Sam, he/him) and Zero-Gi (Gigi, she/her) are best known for bringing rope bondage to great heights, from skyscrapers to high fashion. They have made a splash through their iconic NYC Street Shibari project and without-a-net high-altitude urbex suspensions, giving them a unique perspective on suspension safety and dynamic risk management. Across New York and worldwide, they are also known for bringing jaw-dropping stunts, rip-roaring energy, feats of endurance, and breakneck speed to the stage, everywhere from Torture Garden and Dances of Vice fetish balls to Burning Man, underground raves, art festivals, intimate salons, destination resorts, off-Broadway shows, and television. They've been teaching and performing together internationally since 2020, most recently EURIX and Prague Shibari Festival, with Danish Shibari Festival next. But the dirty secret is that it’s really all about the hot ties at home with an audience of one.
Before joining forces in 2018, Sam Jay picked up strong fundamentals from 2011 to 2017 in the Osada-ryu-based Melbourne Rope Dojo, where he was one of the first five students. In 2017, he decided to tie partners rather than to tie styles, and that has made all the difference. Zero-Gi caught the rope bug in 2017, and while she owes a great deal to rich education in a diversity of tying styles from tops, bottoms, switches, and self-suspenders worldwide, she has always rooted her core practice in dedicated solo study, challenging assumptions, interrogating standard forms, and eventually developing and crash testing new ties on her own body first. Together, Sam Jay and Zero-Gi have continually pushed the envelope on a global stage, from single toe suspensions and death-defying heights to popular new ties, techniques, signature transition sequences, inclusive adaptations, and dogma-ditching expansion of the standard rope repertoire. While Gigi and Sam share their motivations (“woo”), they don’t require you to adopt their fetish for adventure, and instead focus on highly technical rope education with an angle to accessibility.

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"Waitlist" is not a ticket. Waitlist means that if a ticket becomes available, you will receive an email notification, so you could buy the available ticket unless someone else has already purchased it first.
Cancellations - View Coil & Cord's cancellation policies at coilandcord.com/policies

All workshop attendees must be over the age of 18 and must sign the Coil & Cord liability waiver.

Catch NYC Shibari live tying with latex legend Lith Li from Barcelona on Saturday, October 10th in Brooklyn for Lust Caution

Kinbaku meets glossy Femme Fatale in high fetish latex with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. On Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 9pm, we take the stage for a special encore performance with reflective demoness Lith Li of Barcelona, Spain following a sold-out evening of shibari, latex, and spellbinding dark fantasy. Join us there, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us there in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

Meet us there on October 10th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.

Discover shibari in peak performance with NYC Shibari’s Zero-Gi in sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage for Lust Caution: Violenza Taboo Cabaret at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick. The high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat turns damsel in distress on its head in a thrilling show of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 9:00 performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater.

In this special edition of Lust Caution, Mxtress of Ceremonies Violenza guides you down the crooked hallway to your darkest fantasies. Witness performances steeped in taboo eroticism, cinematic fetish, and twisted pleasures as Zero=Gi and company stoke your curiosity. Join NYC Shibari at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn twice a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, September 19, 2026.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9:00. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, September 5, 2026, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us there in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

Meet us there on September 5th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and tickets at https://www.viewcy.com/event/lust_caution_a_neon_111/checkout?event=c114f476-a252-4d3b-bf25-f1eb5ecb5b00&ticketType=in-person

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, August 22, 2026, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us there in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

Meet us there on August 22nd. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and tickets at https://www.viewcy.com/event/lust_caution_a_neon_111/checkout?event=c114f476-a252-4d3b-bf25-f1eb5ecb5b00&ticketType=in-person

Discover shibari in peak performance with NYC Shibari’s Zero-Gi in sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage for Wicked City at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, BK. The high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping show of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Friday, July 31, 2026 at 9:00 performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, sultry vocals, whips, chains, and more.

Wicked City is an evening of sensuality, temptation and joie-de-vivre, where the spirit of the femme fatale lives on, and the art of the tease is elevated to new heights. Join NYC Shibari at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn twice a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Friday, May 29, 2026.
Doors at 9:00pm, show starts at 9:30. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Keep Me Posted: Introduction to Traditional Hashira Suspension
a workshop with Samjay and Zero-Gi

 Rope suspension isn’t always about restriction. It can be freeing - acrobatic, even. But this is not one of those times. If, however, you have a special interest in either being pinned between a rock and a hard place, or doing the pinning, you’re in the right place. On its own, hashira is simply the Japanese word for pillar or post, but in the context of shibari, hashira suspension is the slow, methodical practice of completely fusing a human being to an immovable post off the ground with the application of layer upon layer of restrictive rope. The build of intensity can be likened to the metaphor of “boiling a frog” or falling prey to the tightening coils of a boa constrictor, which can be experienced in any combination of emotional hues which may or may not include colors of suffering, surrender, inevitability, abandonment, objectification, or even just a hearty, American helping of “I’m fucked.” Which will you find in hashira suspension? You’ll have to keep me posted ;).

Hashira is a very advanced suspension practice that requires completely different techniques and tools from traditional suspension. It’s a high friction, high jam, static environment with no easy way out that challenges those tying as well as those being tied. Traditional Hashira techniques have been established for decades and this one-day workshop is the perfect introduction, re-introduction, or refreshingly well-rounded approach to build a risk-aware practice that is inclusive of different size differentials, nerve risk profiles, and power dynamics. This class is also the ideal precursor for TwistyPops, our own novel, dynamic approach to “floating” or hanging hashira suspension for extremely advanced pasters and pastees.

Part 1: Fixation on Fixations

The first main and important principle we will deep dive is affixing any rope strictly, securely, and immovably to a post so that you can later do the same to your tying partner. Bonus points, we’ll even teach you how we do so without killing our fingers or cursing our future selves to avoidable jams.

Part 2: The Third (Fourth, Fifth, and so on) Rope

How we affix and progressively tighten our specific harnesses to hashira is essential to achieve maximum adherence of our post-pasted humans. We show how traditional third+ ropes of different chest harnesses may be used to achieve this, and further solidify the structure such that suspension may be achieved without slippage.

Part 3: Suspensions

Several traditional suspensions whose shapes you may be familiar with are even more delicious on a stick, including but not limited to Kata Ashi, M-Shapes, and others. These are challenging upright suspensions, further compounded by intensifiers like chest compression, diaphragm restriction, extended time in static positions, and little to nothing in the way of fatigue-reducing micro-adjustments. Every step of the way will be paved with essential technical and responsive details. Sam and Gigi will provide ideas on how extra bondage is woven in. A key element here is that each layer of ropes represents another layer that will delay your ability to get down safely, which we will respect, monitor and adjust for throughout.

Partnering: One tying pair ticket admits two people. Observer tickets are also available.

What to bring:

• Your standard rope kit. No fewer than 12 (aim for more) full length ropes. Be sure to include ropes that you feel safe and comfortable tying on the body as well as load-bearing uplines

• For safety reasons that we will explain, many short ropes will be beneficial, so bring all your favorite various and sundry mid, short, and shit-bit lengths of rope as well

• We prefer POSH uplines and natural fiber for body ties but if you prefer alternatives, they will likely be suitable with adaptation. Please note that ropes with high slip (nylon, mfp, etc.) are possible to use effectively but have a much, much higher challenge rating

• 4+ carabiners, or 8+ if using on bottom and top ends of your pulley systems

• Any other gear you need to safely suspend with your tying partner

• All your creature comforts, body care, and learning tools

• Clothing you can move and tie comfortably in, avoiding delicate materials, embellishments, and other extra challenge elements

Prerequisites:

Please reach out to the organizers if you have questions about any of the following!

This is an advanced intensive for both tops and bottoms, in which you may need to cut ropes to avoid serious injury. You and your partner should be able to tie and suspend from a sustainable upper body and lower body harness for periods in excess of 15-20 minutes at a time.

You and your partner must also be knowledgeable and experienced with:

• At least one tie you and your partner are comfortable suspending from a single point

• Tying at least one form of non-collapsing single column tie

• Hardpoint and equipment evaluation and risk awareness

• Bondage risk awareness and anatomy/body mechanics in rope

• Following instructions and asking for help while suspending, both from instructors and partners

• Effectively communicating in emergency descent situations

• Protecting your and your partner's needs, vulnerabilities, and boundaries before, during, and after rope

• Ego management

• Bondage risk awareness and anatomy/body mechanics in rope.

• You and your partner should be able to tie and suspend together.

Requirements for People Tying:

• Ability to tie at least one form of non-collapsing tie

• Ability to manage multiple uplines with fast, secure lockoffs

• Ability to tie with accurate, consistent placement and tension, and with variable levels of tension

Requirements for People in Rope:

• Ability to communicate in rope and in suspension, including restrictive, chest-compressing ties and inversions

• Awareness of your own body and necessary adaptations

• Following instructions and asking for help while suspending, both from instructors and partners

• Protecting your and your partner's needs, vulnerabilities, and boundaries before, during, and after rope

Sam Jay & Zero-Gi DISCLAIMERS:

Our teaching materials include many of our own creations, some of our unique interpretations, and we sparingly use ideas we've picked up from others, who we cite with fervent enthusiasm. We have done our own rigorous testing on all materials presented, have taught them to diverse audiences around the world, and will present known risks and risk-mitigation practices throughout, with full expectation that you will communicate and operate within your and your tying partner’s risk profiles and capabilities.

Date & Time

Sun, Jul 26, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Venue Details

Coil & Cord
200 6th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11215

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, July 18, 2026, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us there in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

Meet us there on July 18th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and tickets at https://www.viewcy.com/event/lust_caution_a_neon_110/checkout?event=b3eff2af-ec40-479f-a355-9230dfa85854&ticketType=in-person

Experienced in shibari suspension and looking to expand your tying repertoire with world-class instructors in New York City? On Thursday, July 9th, 2026, join NYC Shibari’s Sam Jay and Zero-Gi one night only at Coil & Cord's AirFlow class to learn one of history’s all-time greatest hits, their favorite Yokozuri Transition Sequence.

Taken from the Japanese yoko, meaning “side," and tsuri, meaning “suspension,” yokozuri is an iconic exploration of dynamic movement and technique with over 30 years of history. An essential staple from your first suspension to your thousandth, the concepts and principles in the yokozuri are invaluable for both bottoms and tops. For even advanced practitioners and rope educators, it's valuable to understand the yokozuri as an early building block of modern harnesses and dynamic transition sequences.  The yokozuri is almost always the first suspension we take a new tying partner through, the first suspension transition sequence we take our students through, and a favorite song we return to again and again, as well as an essential foundation to our own signature performance routines.

While we will provide some fast pro tips for tops and bottoms on tying and side-loading traditional takatekote / gote / box tie chest harnesses, we require that participants use harnesses you have plenty of prior experience tying and safely suspending so we can focus on techniques specific to this transition sequence. Prior suspension education and experience is required for all tying pairs, and participants should bring their full suspension rope kit and suspension gear. While we are pro-switching and self-suspending, this workshop is primarily geared toward partnered tying techniques and most attendees will not have enough time to switch.

Tying spaces are limited and will sell out, so reserve tickets early at https://www.simpletix.com/e/airflow-a-suspension-transition-sequence-w-tickets-260583

A limited number of sliding scale and observer tickets are also available.

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:30pm, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. RSVP here to join us in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. Book now, tables will sell out.

Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and ickets at https://www.viewcy.com/event/lust_caution_a_neon_108

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring solo aerial rope bondage performance in Wicked City at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join her there on Friday, May 29, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, aerial arts, whips, chains, and more.

Wicked City is an evening of sensuality, temptation and joie-de-vivre, where the spirit of the femme fatale lives on, and the art of the tease is elevated to new heights. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Friday, May 29, 2026.
Doors at 9:00pm, show starts at 9:30. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 8:30, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. RSVP here to join us in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. Book now, tables will sell out.

Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and Tickets

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring solo aerial rope bondage performance in Wicked City at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join her there on Friday, May 22, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, aerial arts, whips, chains, and more.

Wicked City is an evening of sensuality, temptation and joie-de-vivre, where the spirit of the femme fatale lives on, and the art of the tease is elevated to new heights. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Friday, May 22, 2026.
Doors at 9:00pm, show starts at 9:30. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring solo aerial rope bondage performance in Wicked City at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join her there on Friday, April 24, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, vocals, and more.

Wicked City is an evening of sensuality, temptation and joie-de-vivre, where the spirit of the femme fatale lives on, and the art of the tease is elevated to new heights. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Friday, April 24th, 2026.
Doors at 9:00pm, show starts at 9:30. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Rope Bondage meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial self-suspension performance for Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, March 21st, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, March 21st, 2026.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, February 28th, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, February 28th, 2026.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, February 7th, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, February 7th, 2026.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, January 24th, 2026 alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, January 24th, 2026.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. Our high-flying, tight-tying shibari acrobat Zero-Gi turns damsel in distress on its head in a jaw-dropping display of strength, sensuality, and danger with a smirk. Join us there Saturday, November 29th alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. Join us at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent. RSVP now, tables will sell out.

RSVP here to join us Saturday, November 29th.
Doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Book now, tables will sell out!

Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring aerial rope bondage performance in Lust Caution at the Red Pavilion. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday, November 8th, performing alongside international luminaries in burlesque, cirque, drag, vocals, and more.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate. RSVP here to join us in Bushwick, Brooklyn, two Saturdays a month with a rotating cast of all-star talent at the Red Pavilion. Book now, tables will sell out.

Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ ID Required.
Get details and Tickets

Experience stunt-level shibari rope bondage performed to heart-pounding live music that will keep you at the edge of your seat in Bound for Danger on Saturday, October 22nd at the Red Pavilion in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. Reserve your seats while they last.

Turn “Damsel in Distress” on its head with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring dirty aerial rope bondage Noir. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday May 24th for another unforgettable Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with a rotating cast of nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater at the newly opened Red Pavilion in Bushwick.

Join us at the Red Pavilion Bk on May 24th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. For reserved seating, book the table service ticket.

Get details and RSVP While Tickets Last

The High-Flying Tight-Tying Shibari Acrobat Zero-Gi from NYC Shibari brings dynamic aerial dance, mystery, and danger with a smirk on September 6th at 9pm for Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale at the Red Pavilion BK.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater at the Bushwick hotspot Red Pavilion.

Join us for luxe debauchery at the Red Pavilion BK, Saturday September 6th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show starts 9.

21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. For reserved seating, book the table service ticket.

Get details and RSVP While Tables Last

The high-flying tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk June 21st at Lust Caution. Join NYC Shibari for a sumptuous and daringly sexy aerial rope performance in a jaw-dropping lineup of the city’s hottest aerial, burlesque, and cabaret luminaries at the Red Pavilion BK for another Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with a rotating cast of nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and more at the hottest spot in Bushwick.

Elevate your evening with us on June 21st. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. To claim a table before they sell out, RSVP now!

Turn “Damsel in Distress” on its head with NYC Shibari’s sumptuous and daring dirty aerial rope bondage Noir. The high-flying, tight-tying Samjay and Zero-Gi bring altitude, edge, and danger with a smirk on Saturday May 24th for another unforgettable Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with a rotating cast of nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater at the newly opened Red Pavilion in Bushwick.

Join us at the Red Pavilion Bk on May 24th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show begins at 9. 21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. For reserved seating, book the table service ticket.

Get details and RSVP While Tickets Last

The High-Flying Tight-Tying Shibari Acrobat Zero-Gi from NYC Shibari brings dynamic aerial dance, mystery, and danger with a smirk on May 17th at 9pm for Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale at the Red Pavilion BK.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater at the Bushwick hotspot Red Pavilion.

Join us for luxe debauchery at the Red Pavilion BK, Saturday May 17th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show starts 9.

21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. For reserved seating, book the table service ticket.

Get details and RSVP While Tables Last

The High-Flying Tight-Tying Shibari Acrobat Zero-Gi from NYC Shibari brings dynamic aerial dance, mystery, and danger with a smirk on April 19th at 9pm for Lust Caution. Kinbaku meets Femme Fatale at the Red Pavilion BK.

Lust Caution is a neo-noir fantasy cabaret experience designed to elevate your senses - and your heart rate - with nightlife luminaries performing live dance, burlesque, aerial, cirque, and ritual theater at the Bushwick hotspot Red Pavilion.

Join us for luxe debauchery at the Red Pavilion BK, Saturday April 19th. Doors open at 8:30pm, show starts 9.

21+ Photo ID Required. GA is standing room only. For reserved seating, book the table service ticket.

Get details and RSVP While Tables Last