Eric Shore
Lyon shibari teacher who came to rope through photography in the 2000s, trained with Riccardo Wildties until certified in his Kinbaku Luxuria teaching, and gives private and small-group lessons and weekend workshops with invited teachers.
Eric Shore is a shibari teacher in Lyon. His own website, in French, is the source for the account below.
Path into rope
He writes that he discovered shibari in the 2000s through photography, at first for its aesthetic qualities. A workshop introduced him to the practice itself, and he went on to study several teachers working in different styles. He describes meeting Riccardo Wildties at a workshop as decisive: through Wildties and his Kinbaku Luxuria system he came to know the style of Naka Akira, and he followed Wildties’s teaching until he received what he calls the official certification of that teaching. His site does not give a date for the certification.
Teaching
He teaches in two main formats. Lessons are private or in small groups, kept small so that each student can be followed closely; a private lesson involves only the student or couple, the teacher and a rope model. Weekend workshops consist of two six-hour days. The lessons cover basic technique, rope handling, posture, safety and communication between partners, while advanced sessions are built around a practitioner’s own aims, such as precision or fluidity. He says the teaching rests on understanding rather than copying shapes, that no prior experience is required, and that students should be able to run a complete rope session after the first lessons or a workshop. He presents his teaching as passing on an art and also a way of being.
Workshops and guests
His workshop program includes his own sessions, for example a semi-suspension weekend in Lyon in June 2026, and weekends with teachers he invites, whom he names as Riccardo Wildties, Kurogami and Soptík. Listed examples are a workshop on tying with bamboo with Soptík and Sansei and a Level I workshop with Riccardo Wildties and Red Sabbath in November 2026, held in Lyon’s 6th arrondissement. The site says these guest workshops are generally aimed at intermediate to advanced students. He also sells shibari rope through his site.