Editorial policy
This page describes what actually happens behind each kind of page, and what every date line on the site means.
Directory listings
Studios, teachers, events and cities are assembled automatically from organizers’ own public pages. A program re-reads those pages every week.
- A listing is published only while its name appears on a readable public page, or while its verified owner maintains it.
- Event dates come from the organizer’s structured data, their calendar feed, or the text of their page. When a date is read from page text, we check that the date as written appears on that page. A date whose year the page does not state is used only when it falls within the next 60 days.
- Descriptions are written in our own words from those pages. An event description that repeats the organizer’s text is replaced by a plain one-line summary.
- No person reviews each listing before it goes live.
- We do not check teaching quality, safety practice, consent culture or accessibility. A listing says where and when something happens, not that it is good or safe.
- When an organizer’s page cannot be read, the listing stays up and says since when we could not reach it. When a date disappears from the organizer’s page, the listing says so.
What the date lines mean
Every studio, teacher and event page ends with one line that says what was checked and when. Ages such as “2 days ago” are counted in your browser, so they stay true even if the site has not been rebuilt for a while.
| Line | What it means |
|---|---|
| Dates confirmed on the organizer’s page (example.com) 2 days ago. | The program found the date on the organizer’s page in the last 8 days (and the time, when the page states one). |
| Dates last confirmed on the organizer’s page (example.com) 19 days ago. | The last match is older than 8 days. After 30 days the event leaves the home page and loses its search-engine event data. |
| Details from the organizer, updated 3 Oct 2026. | The verified organizer set these details themselves. |
| We have not yet confirmed this date on the organizer’s page. Check there before you go. | The date has never been matched on the organizer’s page. |
| This date no longer appears on the organizer’s page (since 2 Oct). It may have changed or been cancelled. | A full read of the organizer’s page no longer shows this date. |
| We could not reach the organizer’s page since 12 Sep. Details may have changed. | Every page this listing comes from has failed to load since that day. |
| Cancelled, according to the organizer’s page (checked 2 days ago). | The organizer’s page marks the event as cancelled. |
| Cancelled by the organizer on 3 Oct 2026. | The verified organizer cancelled it here. |
| Postponed, according to the organizer’s page (checked 2 days ago). | The organizer’s page marks the event as postponed; it is not listed as upcoming until a new date is published. |
| Runs regularly; the organizer does not publish dates we can read. See their page for the next one. | A regular event whose dates are not published in a form we can read. |
| Found on its pages 2 days ago · description written from its pages on 28 Sep 2026. | Studios and teachers: the name was found on one of its pages on that day; the description was written from its pages on the second date. The description itself is not re-checked every week. |
| Last updated 26 Sep 2026. | Encyclopedia entries: the last substantive edit. |
| Reviewed by (name) on 26 Sep 2026. | A named person checked this entry against its sources. Shown only when that happened. |
Encyclopedia
History, styles, the glossary, ties, the library and the Learn pages are written by the editor. Drafts are prepared with AI assistance from cited sources. Every claim cites a source, and we do not publish claims about living people that we cannot source. “Last updated” is the date of the last substantive edit; “Reviewed by” appears only when a named person checked that entry against its sources.
Updates from organizers
Organizers can manage their own listing after proving control of an email address on the listing’s own website, or one published on its pages. This proves control of the address, not competence or safety. For the fields an organizer sets, their information wins over the automatic updates.
A verified organizer can add one photo to their listing if they took it or have the photographer’s permission and everyone shown in it agrees to it being published. Every photo is checked automatically and is not published if it shows nudity or the check is unclear; the organizer can remove it at any time, and anyone shown in it can ask for its removal at hello@kinbakuworld.com.
Who gets a page
We only write about people who are historical figures or who present themselves publicly in the rope world — by teaching, performing, organizing events or publishing work under their name. We never name private members of communities or groups.
Corrections and removal
Anyone can suggest a correction from any page. If a page is about you, you can ask us to correct it or to remove it with the claim form.
Safe for work
The site contains no nudity or explicit imagery. Historical artwork is only shown when it is in the public domain.
Names and spelling
Japanese words use Hepburn romanization with macrons (Itō, hojōjutsu). Japanese personal names are written family name first, as they are used in the rope community, with the Western order listed as an alias.