Shibari for Beginners: A Step by Step Approach to Becoming a Pro in Kinbaku and Japanese Rope Bondage Practice with Illustrative Photos

Started reading through this and the format is very odd, it's less instructional and more like someone reading an anecdotal experience of tying.Picture quality is very poor, almost impossible to make out what is being done which is concerning when this is a step by step guide where safety is emphasised (even by the author in the opening chapter) to then only have instructions so poorly provided it could be construed as dangerous.

Photos (and writings) make this unusable.Complete waste of cash.

Almost like it was translated, or the author is not very fluent. Has some random words that make no sense. If you recorded someone talking about the steps and it was a video, the format and content would make sense, and I think that is what happened, it was a recording transcribed. Also, requires some rope/knot knowledge going in. Overall not a bad book, but I wouldn't call it for beginners, or becoming proficient. Probably closer to "Here is a book with some information on Shibari" as a description.

Really nice guide for a beginner without a mentor to directly work with

So the reason a lot of reviews criticize the quality of the pictures is that those pictures a taken directly from videos freely available on the internet. in some cases you can even still see the searchbar.Since I have not found any citation of those websites or channels I am assuming this is happening without the creators' consent.

Voici un livre TOUT en anglais accompagné de photos explicatives et permettent de comprendre un peu mieux le texte donc je le recommande

The author makes the assumption that all beginners are already well experienced ropers, and riggers. He does NOT explain the basics, and just assumes that you know what he is talking about. Case in point... Talking about how to add or attach rope to a tie Bottom of page 21 reads...At the point where you locked off your first tie, pull it as a hitch, and then attach the new rope to a part of it.Now granted, to an experienced rigger, this would be self explanatory. To a beginner??? Locked off??? Pull it as a hitch???No explanation of these terms, no glossary, and the pictures in the book are muddy, that only someone already well familiar with the tie being demonstrated, can recognize??? What the pictures are trying to convey. He does have some good pictures later in the book that are properly focused and exposed, from pages 85 to the top of page 91... The lower pictures on 91 are blurry...The picture quality ranges from pretty good to down right pathetic and totally worthless for learning shibari.He does start from the basics though and works his way up from there... If you wish to use this book as a learning aid, then you will need to find an experienced rigger to personally train you, or do a LOT of Internet searches. May I suggest YouTube... Just use the book, to look up ties, and take direction from YouTube, where you can SEE what the author is talking about.