Peony Studio

Peony Studio is a 100 m² kinbaku venue in Turin with up to 16 rigging points in its main room and a lounge with a kitchen, a few minutes’ walk from the Marche metro station. Its name honors Naka-san’s lasting legacy and symbolic peony tattoo. The studio focuses on the Kinbaku LuXuria style and on semenawa. Kinbaku LuXuria comes from Riccardo Wildties, whom the studio’s listings call an ichi-ban deshi of Naka Akira; it is described as derived from Naka-ryu and reworked for European bodies, culture and safety needs. Kurogami, recognized by Wildties as a Kinbaku LuXuria educator since 2018, teaches there with Shiawase; the pair began studying Japanese bondage at the end of 2016 with Wildties and Red Sabbath.

Learning path

Teaching follows four steps taken in order: Foundation 1 (technical fundamentals), Foundation 2 (floor work and first lines over four evenings; €195 per couple in November 2026), Classe 1 (gote and first kata) and Classe 1+ (kata, aesthetics and personal expression). The autumn 2026 Classe 1+ runs over four evenings between 17 September and 3 December for €290 per couple and covers the gote, first suspension lines, futomomo and semenawa basics; partners keep the same role throughout. Courses are for couples, and a Telegram channel helps people find a partner. Alongside the path run Pratica Assistita evenings, where couples practice exercises from Kinbaku LuXuria courses while Kurogami gives feedback, and themed evening classes; private lessons are also offered.

Community and guests

Monthly rope jams welcome singles and observers, Aperi-Bottom is a free evening on watching and discussing rope from a bottom’s or switch’s point of view, and open days introduce newcomers to the studio. Weekend workshops bring guest teachers; the 2027 calendar lists Kinbaku LuXuria workshops and a live night with Wildties and Red Sabbath. Taking part requires membership of the studio’s association (€15 per person, valid to the end of 2027), and the full address is shared after registration. Classes are taught in Italian, and some guest workshops in English.