Yoko zuri 横吊り

Side suspension: a suspension in which the tied person is held in a sideways orientation.

Yoko zuri (横吊り), which Shibari Study spells yokozuri, joins yoko, side, to zuri, the suffix form of tsuri (suspension). Shibari Study defines it as a side suspension in which the bottom is tied in a sideways orientation; the same glossary has separate entries for face-up (aomukezuri) and face-down (utsubuse zuri) suspension. Ropejam Studio’s courses by Lola Tiger Nawa treat the lateral position as one of the main orientations of static suspension, next to face-up and face-down, and its dynamic course includes moving between the three.

Sources

  1. Glossary — Shibari Study
  2. Shibari Kinbaku Art Level 6: Elevation, Full Suspension — Ropejam Studio (Lola Tiger Nawa)
  3. Shibari Kinbaku Art Level 7: The Suspended Body II, Dynamic Suspension — Ropejam Studio (Lola Tiger Nawa)