Beginner: Chapter 7: Cuffs and Control

Ready to take your rope skills beyond the basics? This class is designed for beginner students who already have some experience with single columns and foundational tension work, and want to start building more secure ties and dynamic positions.

Students will learn the fundamentals of the hojo cuff, including directional tying, maintaining structure under tension, and safely using cuffs to create shape and connection points within larger harnesses and positions. We’ll also cover important safety concepts around nerve awareness, compression, immobilization, and hog tie considerations, while exploring how cuffs can be used creatively to “lock in” different body shapes.

Come deepen your technical skills, expand your rope vocabulary, and start discovering how simple building blocks can create complex and expressive ties.

Prerequisites: This is class #7 in our beginner series and should be considered a 102 level class (some prior experience required). Riggers must have prior experience on how to tie a single column cuff and half hitch. Bottoms and riggers must have prior knowledge on rope safety, especially nerve safety for tying rope on the arms.

What to bring/wear: 1-2 hanks of rope, either 8m or 10m based on tying pair’s preference