David has been involved in the public BDSM community for 14 years and the leather community for 12. He has held the following leather titles: Oklahoma Mr. Leather 2000, Mr. Great Plains Olympus 2005 and Mr. Olympus Leather International 2006 as well as being the 1st Openly Identified Heterosexual to compete at International Mr. Leather in 2000. He has written over 77 articles for The Leather Journal, The Leather Page, Fetbot, The Dominant's View and The Leather Web. In 2002, David was awarded a Pantheon Award for Community Service in the South Central Region. David has held many posts throughout his years: board member, fundraiser and leather contest producer for local, regional and national organizations. He is an avid rope enthusiast with a passion for Kinbaku and learned from Osada Steve in Tokyo, Japan. He has also taken instruction from, Lew Rubens, Mark Yu and has been mentored by Numinous. David has also participated in photo shoots with Sugiura Norio, Barelight Images and Dirk Hooper.

PRESENTATIONS

Deep Tissue Bruising and Impact Play

This hands on demo will discuss various approaches to impact play that can cause deep tissue bruising, particularly: body punching, kicking, forearm strikes, using knees and other blunt object striking. Topics such as how and where to strike will be addressed in addition to the types of bruises that can occur when engaging in this type of activity. Please dress comfortably and ready to engage in active involvement.

Floor Work: For Love, Hate, Sex, Pain

Sometimes you want to get close and make a connection. Sometimes you want to hurt the one you love or at least lust in a way that makes them go mmmmmm. This class will cover very basic ideas about Yukimura Haruki-san's "caressing style" as instructed by Osada Steve. The objective of this course is to simply use rope as a tool to make erotic or sadistic connections with your partner. The following will be discussed briefly: extending the length of ropes, energy (ki) and making connections. The following will be applied: wrist and leg ties, posing and positioning of the body, and body manipulation. Please bring four to five pieces of rope that is approximately 25-30 feet in length and has a width of 1/4th to 3/8ths of an inch. Bring a thumb drive or a RW CD and I will burn a video demonstration of the basic harness that was covered in class.