Felix Ruckert, born 1959, is a German teacher in the Osada / Western.
1959–present
Era: 2000s
TEACHER · PERFORMER
German choreographer who discovered kinbaku in Japan in 1999. First teachers: Hagen, Matthias T. J. Grimme, Midori, Shadow, Osada Steve. Later studied with Arisue Go, Akechi Kanna, Hajime Kinoko, Akira Naka, Otonaya Otonawa and Ren Yagami. Founded EURIX (European Rigger & Model Exchange) in Berlin in 2012; ran schwelle7 venue 2007-2016, opened IKSK in 2020.
An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku —
the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu
through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global
shibari scene.
People
343
Entities
269
Connections
1546
Eras
9
Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia,
ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio
pages — and curated by a single researcher.
Beta — structure and interface are public;
data is still being expanded and corrected.
How to read it
Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the
top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by
school or lineage; lines between them carry
the relationship type:
deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage
Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants.
Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or
relationship.
Caveats
Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when
there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully.
Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't
publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections
welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.