Before you tie a single knot, it helps to know what you're building. Every flogger on this site shares the same four parts: the falls (the strands that do the striking), the handle (where you grip), the transition (the knot that joins the handle to the falls), and the cap (the knot that closes off the end of the handle).

Floggers vary enormously in feel, weight, and visual style — but those four parts are always there. As you read the rest of this course, watch for how each lesson maps back to one of those four pieces. The notation we use later in the course encodes the same anatomy in shorthand.

By the end of this lesson you should be able to look at any flogger photo and point to the falls, the handle, the transition, and the cap.