ROPE SAFETY!
These videos are an excellent starting point for finding out about rope safety! Rope play is a high risk activity and care needs to be taken.
Tails
Can be used to refer to either the end of the rope or specifically the small section of rope after the knot
Ushirode Gasshō Shibari 後ろ手合掌縛り
'hands behind the back praying tie' or as it is more commonly known 'reverse prayer'. This term is used for any tie that binds the hands in a prayer position behind the back, where this is part of gote the term Gote Gasshō Shibari 後手合掌縛り - tends to be used.