Rope Tales by Kirigami - Bondage, Shibari, Kinbaku - Milan - Tuition and events

Active since 2011, we later renamed this website Rope Tales—a space to share the story of our passion, for each other and for Kinbaku.

Kinbaku is a form of communication. In the flicker of a gaze, the quiet rhythm of breath, the delicate shift of a hand—an unspoken story unfolds, revealing the emotions of the one who is being tied.
The one who ties must listen—attentively, humbly—receiving the tale as a gift. If you wish to hear a captivating story, then tie with care, with presence, with intention.

We wish to share this passion, to reveal its beauty to all who are open to see.

That’s why we’re shaping Rope Tales into a space for those who cherish the art of Kinbaku—those who seek to understand, to learn, and to explore its depth with sensitivity and intention.

We practice this discipline for the beauty we find within it—for the way it stirs our emotions, and for how it nourishes the passion that lives between us.

I am Italian and I am based in Milan. I am available worldwide and I constantly travel throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

I love bondage, and I like to be on stage.
Since 2011, I have performed as a rigger—first in Italy and across Europe, and later around the world. I’ve brought my work to a wide range of contexts: from cultural festivals to underground clubs, as well as international events dedicated to rope bondage, such as Bound in London and Shibari Day in Rome.

Over time, I grew increasingly drawn to Japanese-style rope bondage, aiming to practice it with respect for its traditional aesthetics and principles. This path has shaped my personal and professional growth, leading me to study the tea ceremony, an ongoing practice through which I’ve earned a formal teaching license. It also informs my approach to instruction: since 2016 I have been running courses in Milan through the School of Rope, where I teach a limited number of couples to ensure careful, in-depth work.

From 2018 to 2022, I was a certified instructor with the Kinbaku Luxuria group, after taking the exam with Riccardo Wildties. During those years, I refined both my technical and expressive research, drawing inspiration from other traditional Japanese arts and Zen thought.

Today I continue my work independently, through editorial, performative, and photographic projects. Among these: Yugen Studio Magazine, a limited-edition print publication distributed in over 25 countries; a collaboration with Master Hajime Kinoko at Ronin in Milan; and the production of the first Western photographs published on the official website of Sugiura Norio, in collaboration with photographer Tommaso Cimarelli.

Crowning this journey, Master Sugiura Norio invited me to tie for his prestigious photographic project Kinbaku Sajiki. I am the first non-resident of Japan ever to receive this invitation.

While I still love the performative aspect of rope, what I now seek most in Kinbaku is the depth of exchange between rigger and model: a silent dialogue where eros and suffering intertwine, and the rope becomes a language.