British kinbakushi, teacher, performer and photographer also known as Dave Rickman. His official site frames WykD Method as a personal style honoring the aesthetics of Nureki Chimuo and Naka Akira while incorporating the technical / structural integrity he associates with Akechi Denki and the photographic aesthetics of Sugiura Norio. The WykD about page describes him as UK-based, teaching and performing internationally with partner Clover; the cited event-brochure bio says he was self-taught for 17 years until a lesson with Osada Steve changed his way of tying. Nawapedia records additional Yukimura Haruki and Naka Akira study, LFRA organization with Clover, film / music-video rope work, and the opening of Studio Kokoro in Mansfield, UK. Promonews credits Dave WyKd as rope specialist for FKA twigs' 2015 `Pendulum` music video.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Studio Kokoro UK.
縛Bakushi MapBETA
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.