Matthias T. J. Grimme

Matthias T. J. Grimme, born 1953, is a German teacher.

1953–present

Era: 2000s

TEACHER · NAWASHI

Hamburg-based kinbakushi, teacher, publisher and performer born in 1953. Started live rope shows and bondage teaching in the late 1990s / around 2000, wrote rope-bondage instructional material including German-language bondage handbooks, and taught across Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark, Norway and Russia in the early 2000s.

School: Independent

Influences (mutual or directional): Felix Ruckert, Nawasabi.

Influenced by: Global Workshop Circuit.

Collaborators: RopeCat.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: BoundCon Munich 2010s, EURIX 2010s, EURIX 2020s, BoundCon Munich 2020s.