LA Rope
Los Angeles, United States
LA Rope Dojo is a Los Angeles-based rope studio offering inclusive, consent-focused shibari education, open practice, and community events. Our teaching is informed by Yukimura-style rope.
- Workshops
- Private lessons
- Jams
- Intensives
Los Angeles, United States
LA Rope
LA Rope Dojo is a Los Angeles-based rope studio offering inclusive, consent-focused shibari education, open practice, and community events. Our teaching is informed by Yukimura-style rope.
English
- Workshops
- Private lessons
- Jams
- Intensives
More about LA Rope
LA Rope Dojo is a Los Angeles-based rope school dedicated to teaching shibari and kinbaku through a Yukimura-inspired, model-centered approach. Founded in 2011, LA Rope has helped build and support the Los Angeles rope community through regular classes, workshops, intensives, private lessons, and visiting teacher events.
The dojo’s focus is rooted in the Yukimura tradition, emphasizing connection, communication, emotional presence, simplicity of form, and the experience of the person in rope. Rather than treating rope as a set of decorative patterns, LA Rope teaches it as a living relational practice, where technique serves sensation, trust, consent, and shared attention.
LA Rope’s head instructor, Zetsu / Haru Yutaka, is a licensed instructor in the Yukimura tradition, formally certified through Yukimura Haruki’s lineage. He has been teaching shibari in Los Angeles since 2011 and has guided thousands of students through safe, thoughtful rope practice.
The team
Zetsu Nawa
(he/him)Owner
Zetsu Nawa, also known as Haru Yutaka, is a Los Angeles-based shibari and kinbaku instructor and the founder of LA Rope Dojo. A licensed instructor in the Yukimura tradition, he has been teaching Japanese rope bondage in Los Angeles since 2011. His teaching focuses on Yukimura-style rope: model-centered, emotionally attentive, and rooted in connection rather than decorative pattern alone.
Accessibility
Physical space
- Accessible parking nearby
Sensory experience
- Breaks encouraged
- Clear reporting or support pathways shared
- Low-scent environment
- Neurodiversity-affirming
- Trauma-informed
- Quiet or low-stimulus area available
Financial accessibility
- Loaner ropes available
Community safety
We take community safety seriously. While studios operate independently, we uphold clear expectations around consent, accountability, and care.
If something feels off, you can use our reporting system. All concerns are reviewed thoughtfully.
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