What's never discussed, however, is the potential risk involved. And if you google "rope bondage safety," the results aren't exactly flattering; all the bondage knot tutorial websites warn that bondage has the potential to cause severe, lifelong injury and/or nerve damage, and they usually recommend getting in-person instruction from a professional bondage instructor before you ever tie your first knot.
Rope Study:
While we often talk generally about “safety,” we intentionally titled this section “Reducing Risk” to stress the fact that rope bondage is not safe.
We want to repeat that: rope bondage is not safe.
Reddit:...many forms of rope bondage can be dangerous, and you can be injured, sometimes seriously and with long-lasting, life-impacting consequences.
I agree with previous comments, if you want to explore rope for serious bondage, don't learn online. Don't believe a word from anybody anywhere on the interwebz. Go learn from people that really do this.
Probably one of the more dangerous kinks depending on what you're planning to tie and your knowledge around it. Don't listen to anyone suggesting you learn things online, I have people come to my class all the time that have learned from places like shibari study, the duchy, etc. and they all make very bad mistakes.
Education? Most of us started tying other people up when we were kids! The way we write our stories, if the sub's hands aren't pulsating blue, we think nothing of the act of tying them.There are soooo many risk factors other than strangulation. Nerve damage, loss of blood flow from constricted veins or arteries, falls, knots slipping or sinching, many small bones in the hands, wrists, ankles, feet, and floating ribs that can be damaged. This is a kink that requires a lot of education in order to be practiced safely.
So what do you all think of this dichotomy between "tie-up-games are fun" and "bondage is dangerous"? Is tying up your sibling/parent/lover something that shouldn't be tried at home, or can TUG's be safe as long as you don't delve into more hardcore forms of tying?