Bondage events, shows, and workshops are being held all over the country, and the number of people who previously had no interest in S&M but are now wanting to try tying people up or being tied up is increasing.
However, performing bondage simply because you think it's "cool" is extremely dangerous. This is because bondage involves binding human beings, not objects.
If it's an object, it's okay to treat it a little roughly. If it breaks, you can just buy a new one. However, people are different. If you treat them roughly, they'll get hurt immediately, and of course, you can't just replace them. If you try to control people with that kind of mindset, you'll end up hurting them, and it can even lead to trouble between lovers.
In the first place, bondage is a communication tool between partners. By tying up one another, and by being tied up by another, you can deepen your mutual affection. If you lose sight of this basic understanding, it becomes like "packaging bondage," the same as tying up an object, and the risk of injury outweighs the affection.
Therefore, I (Golden Returns) advise beginners to try rope bondage before attempting it themselves.
We recommend practicing "SM without tools."
This is because by enjoying SM centered on communication rather than using tools such as ropes, you can better understand "the changes in your partner's emotions and what makes them happy" and "the basics of SM." In addition, by engaging in such prior communication, your partner will have less resistance to bondage and SM.
SM without tools is also an effective method if you accidentally injure someone while tying them up. Don't think, "I can't tie them up because they're injured = I can't do SM," but instead, enjoy SM without tools in such situations.