Partial Suspension

This tutorial lets you practice all the skills you need for full suspension, but with the safety net of letting your partner keep one leg on the ground! It can also be an amazing kind of scene in its own right.

This tutorial brings together the concepts from the previous tutorials found on the Suspension page. I will be touching on many of those ideas in this tutorial, but I will not be going over the full detail of any of them and you need to understand those details before you can safely do bondage suspensions on your own, so be sure you understand the prerequisites >>

It is best to have an experienced person with you the first few times you do this, to help guide you and act as a safety net. I cover a lot here and in my other videos, but nothing can replace face-to-face training by an experienced teacher.Prerequisites: Have you mastered all of this material first?

If not, go back and do so before you proceed with this tutorial:

Who can suspend? Who can be suspended?
Suspension-specific safety and planning
Harnesses used in this video: Shinju & Double Column
Choosing rope for suspension support lines
Evaluating a Hard Point
The Emergency Munter
Hangers
Frictions

For this tie, I used two 30' (10m) and three 15' (5m) pieces of Natural 6mm (1/4") hemp provided by my affiliate Twisted Monk. Check them out for some amazing hemp rope!Note: The first 6 minutes of this video are exactly the same as the first 6 minutes of Basic Seated Suspension. This is important material, so I included it here, but you may have already seen it if you checked out Basic Seated Suspension first...

This particular tutorial is too complex and long for my normal approach of including pictures and text descriptions, but here is a copy of the script we used for the shoot!

<> Welcome today we are going to do what for many people may be their first suspensions. My name is LR and this is TD.com

We will do with a partial suspension, normal let down procedures and emergency let-down procedures.

If this is your first suspension, have you mastered the prerequisites?

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I will be touching on many of those ideas in this video, but I will not be going over the full detail of any of them and you need to understand those details before you try this on your own

I have evaluated the hard point and surrounding area. I understand how the hard point is supported, I have check the hard point itself,

I have installed my own ring using the safety let-down munter and I have my EMT shears or EMT hook in my pocket and immediately accessible, I have checked my own rope and the carabiners that I intend to use and the floor under the hard point is padded. I deem this situation acceptable to trust with this risk

I have talked with my partner and understand her medical and physical condition. < link to general and suspension safety> I understand her limitations and I have judged that she is capable of suspensions with the skills that I possess…

There is one very important point: You need to understand your capabilities and limits when it comes to suspension. You need to be honest with yourself about what you can do. My partner is light and strong with no relevant medical conditions – easy to suspend. But many body types can be suspended, far more than you see in most bondage online, but you as the rigger may need to develop skills and experience in order to do so. Own that. If you aren’t able to, don’t put that emotional burden on the other person; just tell them that you don’t know how to do so yet. We are all still growing. You don’t know everything. Neither do I. But we can learn.

While my partner and I talked, they also learned about me and judged that I am competent to suspend them. This is a very important point for you who are being suspended. You need to read the prereqs too so you can judge if the person proposing suspension is competent to do so. If you think they would benefit from having a backup, make that a condition of agreeing to the scene. I give a few smooth ways of doing so in my previous tutorials.

In this case, my partner told me that they have fainted once in a previous suspension situation and I explained that I had set up the hard point in such a way that I can get them down in seconds, if this were to occur and that I understand the first aid steps for normal fainting. Seeing that I have a plan and have prepare, my partner has greater confidence.

We have agreed on two signals

Stoplight system : Yellow – stop and check in , Red – get me down now!!
Audible red : My partner is gagged under there so the non-spoken version of red is Morse code SOS

Links:

<< add a Shinju off camera. zoom to LeeLee, who gestures to the harness when it is mentioned>>

My partner is sporting a Shinju. This is a great choices for your first suspension, because it is relatively straightforward to tie, quite forgiving and is nicely secure.

Note that her hands are not tied. For the first few times, I recommend they be free during lift and let-down

Partial suspension

Attach first primary support line - chest first. (Double half-Tatu hanger)

How to run the line, keep them neat.

3 lines min, can add 4, some prefer. Balance
Primary holds a major portion of the body, is fully load-baring
Protects head – biggest safety goal
Length of rope: 30’ if not using the safety munter, can be shorter if you are
Tie off with munter + Chain
Slight tension, running of rope, hand brake

Attach legs – a partial suspension is a great first scene to do. Especially if you don’t have access to an experienced mentor that can be there in person. It lets you practice all of this, but gives you that. I could now tie her hands and have a scene.

Frog tie with second band
2pt half-Tatu hanger
Talk: can add wrist bondage now that your partner has had time to adjust, make helpless

Take down

Remove bondage in the Reverse order you put it on.
Free the hands before you lower your partner, giving them more control and you a safety net
Leave chest attached until legs are fully under control again

So you have now entered the world of suspension! Congratulations! I hope you have fun in this new dimension! My partner today is LeeLee Cocodrie . I am Lazarus Redmayne, and this TheDuchy.com

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This particular tutorial is too complex and long for my normal approach of including pictures and text descriptions, but here is a copy of the script we used for the shoot!

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