About Mark Yu
Mark Yu is a Kinbaku / Nawa Shibari artist/educator, Bamboo artist and Feng Shui design consultant.
His bondage and art draw from his lifetime study of Oriental medicine and twenty years of clinical experience treating muscle pain and bio-mechanical dysfunction.
Mark has taught bondage, healing arts and energetic play techniques publicly and privately for several years, to include standing-room only workshops at Shibaricon and these very popular workshops in Seattle in 2005 and 2008.
- Shibari - History and Technique (August 2005)
- Bondage Bio-Mechanics (August 2005)
- Basic Body Assessment for Bondage (January 2008)
- Anatomy of a Suspension (January 2008)
- Hojojutsu-Style Arm Binders (January 2008)
He is a devotee of Taoist Oriental Medicine and Zen and a pioneer and advocate of progressive alternative energetic and bio-mechanically based body disciplines.
Mark lives in Austin, Texas and maintains a blog with insights on Shibari, erotic art and writing, rope and BDSM issues at JadeGate.blogspot.com.