Madrid Ropes
A community collective that runs rope jams, beginner workshops, guest-teacher weekends and performances in Madrid, plus a supervised training group that meets twice a month. It also brings free taster workshops and shows to the Japan Weekend Madrid convention.
Madrid Ropes is a shibari association based in the Carabanchel district, according to the program of the Japan Weekend Madrid convention. It announces its activities through a public channel and runs a mix of community events and teaching aimed at building a local rope community.
Its core format is the rope jam: social sessions for practicing, meeting others and watching, with limited places and beginners welcome. Alongside the regular jams it organizes shorter “vermouth” jams and improvised meetups, themed jams such as a Halloween edition, and end-of-course jams where students and teachers show their work. Teaching follows levels. Level 1 is an introductory workshop for couples on safe basics, and a combined day pairs Level 1 practice with a Level 2 session for people with prior experience; participants bring their own jute or hemp rope or borrow it. A self-suspension workshop was described as multi-level and adaptable to different bodies, with the option to stay in semi-self-suspension for anyone not comfortable suspending fully.
For more experienced members, a directed training group meets twice a month on Wednesday evenings from September, with a few new places each season. It focuses on personal practice and requires fluency in basic structures, possibly checked with an entry test. Madrid Ropes also brings guest teachers to the city: the Barcelona-based performer Aisha Cruz, for example, taught a three-day self-suspension course and gave a performance.
At Japan Weekend Madrid the association runs the shibari program of the adults-only area: free introductory workshops, including sessions called “My First Shibari Tie”, and a main shibari performance on both days. The February 2027 edition at IFEMA lists the same format.