Sparks

Sparks, also written Supaku Sparks, is a rope teacher who runs Shibari Adelaide, a studio in Adelaide. The studio’s team page lists him first, under the titles “Deshi to Nawashi Kanna” and “Certified KannaRyu instructor”.

Lineage

Shibari Adelaide’s team page says he began tying in early 2015 and took on an educational role in 2016, after which he taught and performed in other Australian states. The page adds that a trip to Japan led to his acceptance as a deshi of Akechi Kanna and to a teaching certificate in the Kanna-ryu style. Studio Kink in Sydney gives the date of that acceptance as February 2020 in its announcement of a visit by Sparks. The Shibari Study Podcast show notes for episode 55 repeat this lineage and say that his rope has since taken him to teach and perform internationally.

Shibari Adelaide

The studio’s home page calls it an inner-city rope studio and says it is Australia’s home for certified instruction in the style of Akechi Kanna. Its services page lists weekly classes in fundamentals, takate kote and floor play, partials and suspensions, along with workshops, performance nights, social tie nights and private tuition. The podcast notes describe Sparks as running the studio locally in Adelaide.

Guest teaching

Studio Kink announced a January 2022 visit by Sparks in Sydney, postponed from September 2021. The announced program was a Friday evening class on Kanna-ryu principles and fundamental ties, a Saturday workshop on semenawa in partial ties, and a Sunday suspension intensive, plus a few private lesson slots. Studio Kink’s past-events page includes an entry titled “Sparks 2022”.

Approach

The team page gives Sparks’s view of rope as a tool for playing with a partner. Studio Kink says Sparks adapts ties to individual models.