Akuaku

Akuaku is a Japanese teacher in the Ichinawa-ryū.

Era: 2010s

TEACHER · PERFORMER

Tokyo / Nice rope teacher, performer and author also credited as Marc/Aku Aku. Anatomie Studio's 2022 workshop bio states that he has lived in Japan since 2004, encountered shibari / kinbaku in 2006, trained through the Ichinawa rope group and graduated as a rope instructor in 2012. The current record clarifies that his primary class instruction in that period was with Otonawa and Shigure rather than Kinoko personally; Kinoko context is preserved as Ichinawakai teaching, installation and show collaboration through 2012-2023. His rope work is described as sensual, connective and story/visual focused; he authored The Japanese Rope Kamasutra in 2020. EURIX 2019 presenter, 2022 beginner-course teacher and 2023 special guest.

School: Ichinawa-ryū

Influences (mutual or directional): WisDomme.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Ichinawakai, EURIX 2010s, EURIX 2020s, Anatomie Studio, Encordages Lémaniques.