Steamy Dreams
"What did you mean by formal? How can restraining someone be formal?"
"The Japanese have a very stylized way of applying ropes, it is called Shibari, sometimes Kinbaku. The ropes are made of hemp, they are thirty feet long and you double them up and tie very precisely formed and placed knots," Mike explained.
"That sounds very interesting," she said. "Where did you learn about that stuff?"
"I had a Japanese friend in college, she liked being tied. She was teaching me technique and knots. She flunked out and went back to Chicago. I never really got much out of it except as a new experience."