Because it deals with bondage wrestling, I am re-posting this excerpt from my Adventures in Wrestling Media Production blog.
From an entry called: "Filming with Kim, Shauna Ryanne, Sircee, Indra, VeVe - whew!"
Sunday, May 26, 2013.
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So, yesterday was an epic filming day.
And when I say "epic," I don't just mean it in the common, colloquial manner of "awesome" or "super duper." No, when I say epic here, I mean like the Odyssey. And the lliad. And the Aeneid. All rolled up into one and strung out end-to-end!
So, yes, THAT sort of epic.
No shit, there I was - together with VeVe, Indra, Sircee, Shauna Ryanne, and Kim of Italy. And my trusty camera, of course. Thus we commenced a long, multi-hour, multi-part, multi-person filming day.
The shoot was initially set up as a 4-girl bondage wrestling shoot featuring VeVe, Shauna, Indra, and a 4th lady yet-to-be-found but who was to resemble the 3 others. VeVe returned from her long road trip and immediately began a week-long search for the 4th. She posted to various modeling social media sites and networking sites, she petitioned friends and colleagues to ask their friends and colleagues, but unfortunately everyone was unavailable (we were to film Memorial Day weekend, you see).
Finally, one day before the scheduled shoot, we got a message from Kim of Italy saying that she would be in town and asking about borrowing mats. VeVe threw a "hail Mary" pass and sent a shout out to Kim to see if she'd like to be in the video as the 4th person. Kim is not a native English speaker, so VeVe did her best to explain the fairly complex scenario.... and Kim agreed!
Well, how intriguing. Kim had last filmed with us in 2010 before she went back to Italy for the next 3 years. This was before we instituted bondage wrestling. So, Kim came into the game completely new to the rope-tie style. Kim, however, had fought in a great many competitive wrestling videos, several of which were against VeVe. She was always a fierce competitor and game for a match. Now, just add some rope and a story, and a few other players...
VeVe and Indra were the first to arrive at the studio on filming day. Shauna was embroiled in a pre-fight struggle with the Long Island Rail Road, so she was delayed for the shoot. So, we called on Sircee to come early to join the action (she was scheduled to come much later), and VeVe and Indra entertained Kim and the camera with some bondage escapes. First VeVe and Indra raced each other in a hog tie escape. Then they worked collectively to escape several ties that involved them being tied together.
After the ladies' entertaining escape antics, we switched into a new studio as Shauna arrived. Then, with Sircee still in transit, we started the 4-way bondage wrestling shoot. And this is where the temperature really started to climb...
This video was an every-woman-for-herself 4-way match. No double teaming or team work of any sort was allowed. Basically, there would be two simultaneous matches, which would determine the final two competitors. They ladies draw straws to determine who would fight whom first - VeVe vs Shauna / Indra vs Kim. The grand winner would then win the honor of tickling the feet of the hogtied losers, ball gagging them, and then tickling them some more. And so, with the conditions set, off we went...
After 9 minutes of struggle, Shauna and Indra found themselves immobilized, leaving VeVe and Kim to face off... again.. after 3 years. But for the first time with rope.
We all expected VeVe to secure the victory within 10 minutes, perhaps with ease. However, it didn't quite work out that way. You see, by this point, there were only 3 pieces of rope left, and bondage wrestling requires more rope for faster results. VeVe bound Kim's ankles together, but Kim bound VeVe's ankles together, leaving only one short piece of rope to work with...
The struggle that followed was long, sweaty, highly competitive, and quite vicious.
I thought for a moment that I was filming the VeVe vs Hanz: REMATCH again. Total deja vu moment. Indeed, VeVe's temper was rising as Kim slipped out of a near-finish - a miraculous escape from VeVe's patented double elbow tie after about 15 minutes of fighting. When she fought Hanz, VeVe had no problem getting nasty and vicious in order to get her way, breaking grips, rope-burning skin, and using submission attacks. But could she do that with visitor Kim? Wouldn't it be rather impolite to rough-handle a guest? As the match wore on and Kim continued to resist, VeVe started to put her quibbles aside...
As their fight neared the 30-minute mark, VeVe contemplated choking her opponent unconscious. After all, according to the rules, submission holds are allowed if they help further a tie. But they will not stop the action, score any points, or be held after a tapout. The match blazed on, with the competitors working furiously and fighting over the three ropes. And in the meanwhile, hogtied Shauna and Indra looked on, calling encouragements until they both fell into silent amazement at the length and ferocity of the match.
And finally, FINALLY, VeVe captured Kim's ankles and bound them painfully tight. With Kim at last beginning to tire, VeVe forced on the double-elbow tie, still, though, with difficulty. She used the remaining rope to bind Kim's wrists together and then removed the double-elbow rope in order to complete the hogtie. And, oh my, that was tense!
VeVe moved into the tickling punishment. But when she moved on for the ball gagging, Kim resisted yet again, causing VeVe to handle her former foe quite harshly. The air was full of tension static and humidity, but the match was finally competed.
But we had only completed one of our three schedule videos.
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Re-posted from: http://wrestlingadventures.blogspot.com/2013/05/filming-with-kim-shauna-ryanne-sircee.html
From an entry called: "Filming with Kim, Shauna Ryanne, Sircee, Indra, VeVe - whew!"
Sunday, May 26, 2013.
---------------------
So, yesterday was an epic filming day.
And when I say "epic," I don't just mean it in the common, colloquial manner of "awesome" or "super duper." No, when I say epic here, I mean like the Odyssey. And the lliad. And the Aeneid. All rolled up into one and strung out end-to-end!
So, yes, THAT sort of epic.
No shit, there I was - together with VeVe, Indra, Sircee, Shauna Ryanne, and Kim of Italy. And my trusty camera, of course. Thus we commenced a long, multi-hour, multi-part, multi-person filming day.
The shoot was initially set up as a 4-girl bondage wrestling shoot featuring VeVe, Shauna, Indra, and a 4th lady yet-to-be-found but who was to resemble the 3 others. VeVe returned from her long road trip and immediately began a week-long search for the 4th. She posted to various modeling social media sites and networking sites, she petitioned friends and colleagues to ask their friends and colleagues, but unfortunately everyone was unavailable (we were to film Memorial Day weekend, you see).
Finally, one day before the scheduled shoot, we got a message from Kim of Italy saying that she would be in town and asking about borrowing mats. VeVe threw a "hail Mary" pass and sent a shout out to Kim to see if she'd like to be in the video as the 4th person. Kim is not a native English speaker, so VeVe did her best to explain the fairly complex scenario.... and Kim agreed!
Well, how intriguing. Kim had last filmed with us in 2010 before she went back to Italy for the next 3 years. This was before we instituted bondage wrestling. So, Kim came into the game completely new to the rope-tie style. Kim, however, had fought in a great many competitive wrestling videos, several of which were against VeVe. She was always a fierce competitor and game for a match. Now, just add some rope and a story, and a few other players...
VeVe and Indra were the first to arrive at the studio on filming day. Shauna was embroiled in a pre-fight struggle with the Long Island Rail Road, so she was delayed for the shoot. So, we called on Sircee to come early to join the action (she was scheduled to come much later), and VeVe and Indra entertained Kim and the camera with some bondage escapes. First VeVe and Indra raced each other in a hog tie escape. Then they worked collectively to escape several ties that involved them being tied together.
After the ladies' entertaining escape antics, we switched into a new studio as Shauna arrived. Then, with Sircee still in transit, we started the 4-way bondage wrestling shoot. And this is where the temperature really started to climb...
This video was an every-woman-for-herself 4-way match. No double teaming or team work of any sort was allowed. Basically, there would be two simultaneous matches, which would determine the final two competitors. They ladies draw straws to determine who would fight whom first - VeVe vs Shauna / Indra vs Kim. The grand winner would then win the honor of tickling the feet of the hogtied losers, ball gagging them, and then tickling them some more. And so, with the conditions set, off we went...
After 9 minutes of struggle, Shauna and Indra found themselves immobilized, leaving VeVe and Kim to face off... again.. after 3 years. But for the first time with rope.
We all expected VeVe to secure the victory within 10 minutes, perhaps with ease. However, it didn't quite work out that way. You see, by this point, there were only 3 pieces of rope left, and bondage wrestling requires more rope for faster results. VeVe bound Kim's ankles together, but Kim bound VeVe's ankles together, leaving only one short piece of rope to work with...
The struggle that followed was long, sweaty, highly competitive, and quite vicious.
I thought for a moment that I was filming the VeVe vs Hanz: REMATCH again. Total deja vu moment. Indeed, VeVe's temper was rising as Kim slipped out of a near-finish - a miraculous escape from VeVe's patented double elbow tie after about 15 minutes of fighting. When she fought Hanz, VeVe had no problem getting nasty and vicious in order to get her way, breaking grips, rope-burning skin, and using submission attacks. But could she do that with visitor Kim? Wouldn't it be rather impolite to rough-handle a guest? As the match wore on and Kim continued to resist, VeVe started to put her quibbles aside...
As their fight neared the 30-minute mark, VeVe contemplated choking her opponent unconscious. After all, according to the rules, submission holds are allowed if they help further a tie. But they will not stop the action, score any points, or be held after a tapout. The match blazed on, with the competitors working furiously and fighting over the three ropes. And in the meanwhile, hogtied Shauna and Indra looked on, calling encouragements until they both fell into silent amazement at the length and ferocity of the match.
And finally, FINALLY, VeVe captured Kim's ankles and bound them painfully tight. With Kim at last beginning to tire, VeVe forced on the double-elbow tie, still, though, with difficulty. She used the remaining rope to bind Kim's wrists together and then removed the double-elbow rope in order to complete the hogtie. And, oh my, that was tense!
VeVe moved into the tickling punishment. But when she moved on for the ball gagging, Kim resisted yet again, causing VeVe to handle her former foe quite harshly. The air was full of tension static and humidity, but the match was finally competed.
But we had only completed one of our three schedule videos.
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Re-posted from: http://wrestlingadventures.blogspot.com/2013/05/filming-with-kim-shauna-ryanne-sircee.html
Oh yes, a major challenge to bondage wrestling is that you need long and short ropes for different ties.
ReplyDeleteGet a rope that's too long for the ankles or wrists, and your opponent can easily get hold of the ends and keep you you from ever getting the tie. Or if you DO get the tie you get stuck trying to wrap and wrap and hide those ends spending time and energy while they keep struggling.
So just get a bunch of short ropes. No! Get a rope that's too short and it won't wrap enough times around the knees. Or, the tragedy of my match with Kim here (well, not tragedy but major delay...you could even call it an advantage if you're a fan of long and grueling battles), if you get a piece that's too short for the elbows, you have to try to force the elbows together first and THEN tie, instead of using the rope slack to reel them in. And no one cooperates with that!
Excess rope with lots of choices is truly the way! Especially when your opponent gets into rope hoarding -- trying to grab and hang onto all the ropes just to slow things down. *cough* Kim *cough*
But that's the strategy talk. I could also say a challenge is only another chance to prevail!