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Tasuki-adaption


Rigger: Bert, model: Bep,
photo's: pluu, text: guilty^& pluu

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Requirements: Rope, lots of rope (say three 10 meter pieces).

The "Takate-Kote" is one of the most widely used harnesses. It has many advantages: it looks great, is sturdy, pretty quick to tie, and, when tied well, is a suitable bondage for use in many bondage positions (amongst others some suspensions). For some people, however, this tie is less suitable. To tie a Takate-Kote, you must be able to tie the wrists of the bottom behind the back in the classic u-position (with the fore-arms over each other, so the wrists can be tied togheter without putting too much strain on them). But some people just can't get their arms behind their back that far. That can be the case, for instance,  with some of the bigger bottoms, less flexible people, or men with a broad chest or big biceps . For these bottoms, we designed this adaption. Because a harness should be sturdy, we don't recommend this adaption for people who cán get their arms behind their back far enough. In that case, a "regular" Takate-Kote or Tasuki will be more suitable. N.B. We've created this adaption ourselves not so long ago. We haven't tried it out in all possible bondage positions. Although we expect it to be a good alternative in all cases, we cannot be completely sure. Pressure and tension might in some positions be somewhat different than with a regular Takate-Kote or Tasuki.


 ATTENTION! This harness uses wraps that pass over the upper arms. This is a vulnerable place of the body. Several nerves are close to the surface in the upper arm. One spot that we have noticed often to cause problems, is the spot marked by the red arrow in the picture on the left, at the end of the uppermost muscle. As muscles vary from one person to the next, this spot is not in the same place for everybody, but it can be found often because there is a little dent in the upper arm. Other spots can cause problems too. If the bottoms fingers start tingling or go numb, this might well be caused by the wraps over the arms. Shift them a little, and see if the tingling stops or sensation returns. If not, then untie the bottom.

(Picture on the left from: Gray's Anatomy of the Human body, 1918, Copyright expired. Taken from: wikipedia).

Step 1: The wrists

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  Start with a single-limb wrist tie around one of the wrists (see our wrist tie tutorial). Make sure the knot is placed at the thumb side of the wrist (see picture 1). Pull the wrist up as far as is still comfortable. Pass the rope over the opposite shoulder (the left shoulder if you started with the right wrist). Cross the chest.



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Pass the rope to the back again, and pass it under the forearm, giving the arm some additional support. Go around the rope crossing the shoulder, and, if necessary, adjust the height of the wrist a little. Tie off (additional pictures here). The arm now rests in something like a reversed sling. Let the loose end rest for now.



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Repeat this procedure with the other wrist.

Step 2: De bands



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Take one of the loose ends hanging from the wrists. Pass it over the opposite upper arm. Wrap it around the chest, passing it above the breasts, and to back again. Then twist the rope around itself and adjust tension a little. Don't pull it too tight now, we will adjust the tension further later on by cinching (see step 3).


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Now tie off.




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Repeat this procedure with the loose end hanging from the other wrist. This rope too must be passed above the breasts, just like the first rope. Make sure both wrists end up at the same height.


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It's unlikely you have enough rope left to create more wraps around the body, so attach a new rope, at the centre, around the whole band (around both the wraps created with the first and the second rope). This is shown in picture 19 and 20.



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Pass the newly attached rope over the upper arm to the front, pass it below the breasts and to the back again. Go around itself and adjust the tension a little. Make sure place where the rope goes around itself ends up in the middle of the back: this where we will tie off later on.


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Now pass the rope to the front again, in the opposite direction over the upper arm, just below the previous wrap. Pass it below the breasts again, and to the back.



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Pull the rope through the little loop (the one we've just created, see the arrow in picture 26) and tie off. A practical way to tie off here is by pulling the rope in bight under both wraps (27) and then pulling the loose end through that loop (28). Pull tight and there's a nice knot.

Step 3: cinching

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Now we are ready to cinch. This prevents the bands slipping too much. After cinching, the upper band shouldn't be able to slip over the shoulder and dangerously end up in the neck. If the loose ends are long enough, you can use these, otherwise you attach another rope. In this example we use the ends that remain after tying the second band. Another option might be using the ends that still hang loose at the wrists (in that case, a cinch tecnique with doubled rope might be more suitable: we're planning on doing a separate tutorial for this). Separate the ends of the doubled rope you want to use (29). You're now using a single rope. Work the rope to the front, in between the body and the arm, under the lower band (30). Now pull the rope over the upper band.

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Pass the rope to the back again. Again pass under the lower band (32-33). Repeat the whole procedure with the other end of the rope at the other side of the body. Now pull the ends together snugly. This pulls the bands together a little.
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Now tie off the ends you used to cinch. As in this example we have two single loose ends, you can tie them off to each other, for instance using a square knot.


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Now neatly work away all remaining loose ends (the ropes at the wrists and the ones that remain after the cinching) - a separate tutorial on how to work away loose ends will follow later. Picture 37 now shows the result from the back.

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And this is the front... tádáááááá...

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