Kemono shibari 獣縛り

Japanese for beast tie; kemono shibari binds the wrists and ankles together like a captured animal and is taught as a basic floor pattern in the Yukimura-ryū.

Kemono (獣) means beast; SMpedia glosses it that way and treats kemono shibari as the floor form of the tie also called tanuki: the person lies face up with the hands and ankles bound at almost one point, without being fully lifted. It adds that Akechi Denki and Marai Masato used the name for the arms bound to the inside of the opened legs near the ankles. Kinbakuwiki, drawing on Harukumo, calls kemono shibari one of the basic patterns of the Yukimura-ryū, a classic newaza taught from beginner level, in which the body never leaves the floor. Shibari Study describes hands and feet bound together like a captured animal, and the Shibaraku school lists it among its face-up ties.

Sources

  1. 獣縛り — SMpedia (Wayback Machine snapshot, 2025-06-20)
  2. Kemono-shibari — Kinbakuwiki
  3. Glossary — Shibari Study
  4. 緊縛用語辞典 — 緊縛教室 縛楽式 (Shibaraku)