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When Consent is Not Enough
We do a pretty good job of cultivating consent, at least where M and I are active members of the kink and sex exploration communities. So then why does the title of this post imply otherwise? Because there’s something that happens often enough that we may need to revisit our consent practices.
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Florentine Timing Exercises
Do you sound like a galloping horse when you do Florentine? Or are you struggling in general to do it smoothly and consistently? If so, here’s a series of progressive exercises to help you with your rhythm and timing. The first set of exercises is for four-point Florentine, also known as the two-beat weave in…
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Rhythm & Timing: Use a Metronome for Consistency
Every human has a “default” speed that their body prefers to operate at. This doesn’t mean that your muscles can’t move faster or slower. It just means that you have to put thought and effort into moving them outside your default speed. Default speed becomes obvious when doing Florentine because it is rhythmic and repetitive…
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An Alternate Way to Learn the Three-Beat Florentine Weave
Note: I’ve now put together a full tutorial using the techniques summarized here. As such, I consider this page mostly retired at this point. I taught a finger flogging workshop at Kinky Things last weekend, and several people specifically asked for tips on getting down the three-beat Florentine weave. They knew the positioning. They knew…
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Isolations: Slow & Sensual Flogging
Here’s a technique you can use for slow and sensual flogging. It’s great for warmups, lighter bottoms, and warmups on lighter bottoms. The technique is called an isolation in poi spinning, and it basically entails spinning in such a way that your hands and the flogger tails are rotating around each other, rather than the…
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Buzzsaws: Focus on a Single Point of Impact
Here’s a move to use if you want to focus your flogging on a single point of impact. (Hint: nipples and genitalia are prime targets for this move.) The move is called a buzzsaw in poi spinning. Note that this move is only doable with finger floggers, and they also have to be cut short…
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Redirects: Quickly Change Directions When Flogging
The cool thing about finger floggers is that you can easily (well, easily … with some amount of practice) flog in both a downwards and upwards direction. Once you have that down, here’s how you can quickly and stylishly reverse the direction of your floggers. In poi spinning, the move is called a bounce. But…
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Precision When Flogging Upwards
I’ve been asked how I avoid hitting the genitals when flogging up. My answer? A ton of practice. Here’s one drill I do: Hit the top fly swatter as hard and as fast as I can while never touching the bottom fly swatter. I’d say I get it about 97% of the time …
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