State of Ropes
State of Ropes is a structured shibari program at The Kink Store on Sixth Street: a Bootstrap beginner cohort (next intake March 2027), the monthly Continuum class for advanced students, private lessons, and a monthly Rope Jam open to everyone with a short workshop, speed-tying and tea. The jam is the place to start if the cohort is full.
Schedule: Rope Jam monthly; next 2026-11-05 19:00-22:30 (doors close 21:00); Continuum monthly Mondays 19:00 through 2026-12-14, then 2027-01-25; Bootstrap cohort March 2027
Coming up, from their published schedule
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- Continuum · 19:00Going?
- Class · 19:00-22:30Going?
- Continuum · 19:00Going?
- Continuum · 19:00Going?
- Continuum · 19:00Going?
- Continuum · 19:00Going?
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