Floor work

Rope tying done on the floor or a bed without suspension lines; Japanese terms include newaza and yuka shibari.

Floor work, also written floorwork, is tying that stays on the floor or another surface such as a bed, without uplines to an overhead point. Shibari Study and Rope365 both give the Japanese newaza (寝技), literally ground technique, a word that is not specific to bondage; Shibari Study adds yuka shibari (床縛り), floor tying, and yukawaza (床技). Shibari Study also points out that load, the force placed on rope and body, matters in floor work and not only in suspension.

Sources

  1. Glossary — Shibari Study
  2. Vocabulary — Rope365