Meeting Indra and More Wrestling with Ropes

Well, I know my last post was on our expanding genre of bondage wrestling, and, as fate would have it, last week brought me into contact with even MORE bondage wrestling.

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Indra, a wrestler from the London Wrestling Studio. Indra is visiting New York City for a short stay, and she expressed that she had experience in bondage and rope work, having apprenticed to a domme at one point. Well, great! I asked her if she'd like to try some bondage wrestling, and she was totally up for it. And super excited to give it a try!

Indra's first bondage match was with me, the infamous nemesis Diablo. I hadn't been a rope-tie mixed wrestling victim since my match with VeVe last November, so this was my grand return to the video arena. And it was my first time tangling with Indra... and her nasty trash talking!

She sure is a trash talker! And a meanie on the mats, to be sure, particularly when it comes to wrestling domination. Ouch!

It was my job to try and wrestle her without getting tied, but that job was rather impossible; both of my wrists and ankles were pre-set with leather cuffs with D-rings, and my one wrist had a rope pre-attached. As usual, we had the various other ropes strewn about the mats for Indra to grab and put to use.

Between her wrestling, the ropes, the cuffs, and her jumping on me while I was flattened, I didn't have much other option than to just try to hold out, hip out, and give her a general hard time. But, of course, that could only last as long as it took her to loop the ropes through all of the my cuffs' D-rings...

VeVe manned the camera on this one, and she did a very nice job. Round of applause there.

Not only did I get bound up in that match, but I was also dragged, spun in a circle, and stretched backward. Hey, innovative! Kudos to you, Indra!

But we didn't just stop with the mixed match....

Following my match with Indra, VeVe stepped out from behind the camera to take on Indra in a competitive F v F bondage match. I actually just finished work on that one a few hours ago, and it is all set to go.

The ladies nixed the ankle cuffs and instead only kept one wrist cuff a-piece. Of course, each had the requisite pre-attached rope, with the other ropes out on the mat. Our current, developing standardized style.

They went hard at each other from the top of the match, with Indra being fired up from just finishing her mixed domination match. VeVe played a smart game, working toward binding her opponent's legs together. Bound legs - a real disadvantage in wrestling. Indra managed to bind VeVe to HER in a few instances, which made for some interesting movement and exchanges.

I won't say too much about the final outcome, but I will say that there was actually a submission due to rope-bite. Even better: it was a nice, clear verbal submission. Basically, the lady to submit had been bound in such a tight way that she needed to plead for her opponent to release her. Now that's a great outcome for a competitive bondage match!

We were also able to shoot a pair of custom costumed matches with Indra, both involving stockings, and one involving both ladies in corsets!

All in all, Indra was great to work with! Very personable, charming, intelligent, and game for challenges. She's feisty and can indeed be mean when it comes to domme-ish style. She and VeVe has a grand time talking about and examining costumes and costume ideas.

Indra heads back to the UK in June, but we'll be seeing her again tonight at the Brooklyn Mixed Wrestling Event. She was a pleasure to work with, and I would highly recommend her as a personable and professionally mannered performer.

Thoughts on Bondage Wrestling

Many thanks to a certain mixed wrestling fan who long ago introduced VeVe Lane to the art of bondage wrestling. And many thanks to VeVe who picked up the art and skill of tie-up wrestling and shared it with other mixed wrestling fans. And then, again thanks go out to VeVe for getting up in front of the camera and a lot more people just what she means when she talks about "bondage wrestling."

At this point, I have filmed 3 bondage wrestling video matches with VeVe. In the first of those 3, I was the opponent. The second and third matches were F v F matches. These 3 different matches had slightly different objectives, and therefore different flavors. And we learned a bit from each one.

In my bondage match with VeVe, the idea was for her to attempt to tie me, and for me to attempt to avoid the ties. However, there was an unspoken understanding, as part of the conditions of the match, that I was not allowed to directly remove the ties. I also had to wrestle her and attempt to control her, which, of course

, brought me into close contact with her, wherein she was able to loop her rope skills into action on my limbs.

Speaking from first hand experience, those thin ropes she uses do bite a good deal! A lot of the control VeVe gained in that bondage wrestling bout was due to the rope loops hurting my wrists and ankles and forcing me to move in a way to relieve the pressure.

VeVe's second bondage wrestling video match was with Keri of FemFightClub and Spectrum Fighting. This was a competitive bout wherein these two skilled female grapplers were mutually attempting to tie each other and secure each others' limbs. The difficulty here came from each lady actively workin

g to remove a tie or loop once it had been established on her body.

Like my match, the match with VeVe and Keri involved 4 pre-set, pre-looped ropes being set out at the corners of the mat. VeVe had the edge over Keri in the loop placement and rope skill, but Keri was clever and watchful. Even when VeVe was nearing a secure tie, Keri would be able to figure out the pattern of the tie and begin to wriggle to freedom. And, like me, Keri also remarked on how those rope bites do rather hurt.

Overall, the ladies reported that the match was exhausting, mentally stimulating, and quite challenging. However, I was not quite satisfied at leaving it at just that, since no full immobilization was achieved.

Thanks to a suggestion from a bondage & wrestling fan, following the Keri vs VeVe match, we headed to the Leather shop and got a new set of items to add to the mix: leather wrist cuffs with D-rings. New rule: each wrestler would wear a cuff, and a "permanent" rope would be attached to the D-ring of the cuff. That cuff rope could never be removed during the course of the fight.

VeVe and I agreed that this cuff-rope would open greater possibilities for control and completed ties during the course of a tie-up match.

So we gave it a shot.

This time, only a few months ago, we put VeVe up against then-newcomer Athena for a bondage match. The ladies locked on the wrist cuffs, looped on the cuff ropes, and went at it. And, as expected, the cuff rope led to greater rope security and a great complete tie-up.

Of course, that match later involved a little surprise dive-bomb visitation by Orlandoe. And so we got to see how double-team bondage wrestling worked out. And it sure can lead to a quick tie job!

So, what's next on the bondage wrestling front?

The wrist cuff method seems like a nice addition. We've also considered pitting VeVe, a wrestler who can tie while fighting, against an experienced bondage tie artist who also wrestles. Who would have the upper hand there?

What about a match in a pre-set rope body harness? That would surely make a good opportunity to get grips and secure ties.

VeVe has been working to develop bondage wrestling techniques of her own. Maybe she should look into hojojitsu for inspiration, which is a Japanese art of rope tying a struggling opponent. But I think those toes are supposed to focus on looping the neck... And we want to avoid that.

Well, here's to more of that to come in 2011. And here's VeVe's website, if anyone wants to drop her a hello and chat bondage wrestling: VeVe Lane at vevelane.com

Female Tickle Wrestling!

I'd been curious to see what competitive tickle wrestling would be like. So, we gathered together two local ticklish female wrestlers and set them head-to-head. The result?

That little trailer just gives a glimpse of the madness that ensued.

Of course, gotta love it, the "m" in the final aspect of the ".com" of the web address attached to the video had to fall onto the lower line. Well, you know, since that was such a crazy video, there needed to be a little additional craziness in there.

I've filmed some tickle wrestling before, in a mixed match video involving Veronica Vicious. The was more of a one-sided match, where Veronica was the one doing the tickling, and her opponent could do nothing more but survive the tickle torture. That was maybe a year or more ago. Whatmore, on the same evening of the tickle match between VeVe and Annie there, I also filmed a tickle torture match between VeVe and infamous wrestle-victim ShortFuse Mark. Like Veronica's mixed tickle video, this one was also one-sided, with only VeVe allowed to tickle.

But this match between VeVe and Annie was a mutual tickler vs tickler type of match. And it was hysterical. I'll tell you , when you watch people tickle each other or attempt to tickle each other - you know, the way that ticklers make the tickletickle verbalizations - well, when you watch that going on, it's just hard not to laugh yourself.

So, I realized I had a smile glued to my face as I was editing the match. And every time I watch the match or the trailer. Your mileage may vary, but that's my experience-take on the matter!

I know a lot of people have been asking for bondage wrestling combined with tickle wrestling. That item is also on the to-do for us. The thing to do there, though, is to consider suitable opponents. But that is speculation for another day!

VeVe, Jasmine, Boots, and Upcoming Tickling

Ok! Closing out March 2011 with a bang.

We released 4 new videos this month, handled a bunch of intriguing commissions, and enjoyed time at a very successful wrestling party in Philadelphia. All in all, not a bad month, despite the lingering cold weather!

In addition to the VeVe vs Raquel match and the mad-cap Lucha Spandex Smackdown, we also had VeVe vs Jasmine Flower - at long last! - and VeVe's Leather Boot Beatdown with good ol' ShortFuse Mark.

I enjoyed shooting the VeVe vs Jasmine match because it took place before a live audience at an

underground wrestling party which had some really swell lighting in effect for the filming. I'll include some photos so you can see what I mean:

That sure as heck beats fluorescents (the bane of my existence). I was able to rig up the lighting so it was mostly downlight directly over the mats, leaving the audience area in relative shadow. Theatre in the round style. I also had a touch of red sidelight from a mini spotlight and some red downlight far in the background. It looked great, especially considering the shoestring lighting budget.

Of course, filming at a live event is always a challenge as well, what with the trying to avoid catching the audience on camera. I have to say that I'm pretty good at that. Live audiences push you, as a camera operator, to find new angles that highlight the wrestling action while keeping the spectator faces out of the frame and at the same time keeping out of the spectators' viewing path. You need a good awareness sense to go at that task. I must say, the challenge does add to the fun of it, if you're a multi-tasking fan.

VeVe pulled out a red lace bra & panties set for her match with Jasmine. I think this was a new outfit reveal. Not as mind-blowing as a Lady GaGa outfit reveal, but still very nice. And surprisingly sturdy for wrestling! Now, to get her to do a catfight in that combo... I'm sure she'd be totally game for it.

The party, by the way, went excellently. Great guests, great mood, music, ambiance, and generally lots of wrestling, as always! Good space down in Philly.

To close out March, I also put together the short domination wrestling novelty match of VeVe twisting up Mark. As mentioned above, VeVe wore leather boots for this: tight-high, spiked heel, black leather boots. Typically these are a huge no-no for the mats, but VeVe pulled it off without a hitch.

I have to say, regarding the spiked heels and the mats, I wasn't concerned at all and had total confidence in VeVe's ground movement skills. She locked up Mark for the first takedown, and then stayed with ground holds for most of the time. Most! She managed to sit and kneel herself up on poor Mark several times. Hey, when you're avoiding the mat, why not make the victim your new floor? Sorry pain fans, but she didn't step on him with the heels. However, she did scissor him into near-oblivion, get leather-clad feet and legs on his throat, and give him a good dose of pretzel-twist humiliation.

Now with April looming on the horizon, we are gearing up to shoot some tickle wrestling matches. Aiming for a mixed match with VeVe and Mark, as well as a F V F match, with may include Amazon Annie, Athena, and/or VeVe. We've been getting some requests to couple tickling and bondage, and that is certainly something the ladies are up for.

Where February saw a lot of bondage wrestling, perhaps April will have a tickling theme... onward and upward!

Raquel, Wrestling, New Blood, and New Assignments!

What's the word today?

Why, "wrestling" is the word, of course.

And since actions speak louder than words, what's the action, then? Well, the action is in the wrestling videography.

There's been a lot of filming lately, and there's more to come before this week is over. We're barely into March 2011, and I've already released a number of matches, shelved processed data, and am clearing up my hard drive for more to come. Let's have a look at what's been go

ing on and what's yet to come this week.

After a lot of pantyhose, bondage, and mixed wrestling, we're swinging back into the regular female vs female competitive realm. At the tail end of February, I filmed a much-anticipated match up between VeVe and Raquel. Now, granted, I never knew much about Raquel beforehand, but all of my wrestling friends and colleagues had been anxious to see here in F v F competitive action. I had heard that she has been in the industry for a long time, that she has a great deal of freestyle-esque wrestling experience, and that she is a fantastic athlete.

Great!

To top that all off, as I found out when I met her, she is also quite a sweetheart and a pleasure to work with. Everything I like from my filming talent: prompt, cordial, professional, self-contained, great physical control, and able to stop and start on a dime.

Because Raquel expressed a curiosity about wrestling for pins and/o

r submissions, I proposed the match be for pins and submissions, similar to the match that VeVe had against Wrecks in the singlets. Raquel was all for it, and VeVe agreed.

That match provided a huge challenge for VeVe, especially when it came to dealing with the threat of pins while at the same time defending against choke attacks. Think about it: turn on your back, you can get pinned, but turn to all-fours, and you can get choked. Raquel was very strong on the takedowns & takedown defense, and that gave her a tremendous edge for getting on top first. I was very impressed with her standing game and ability to win control on the way to the ground.

If Raquel swings back to NYC again, I'd definitely love to have her for a second match up with VeVe.

In the meanwhile, we continue to develop our local talent here. And speaking of local talent: just moments before we started filming the VeVe vs Raquel match, I just wrapped up filming a new bondage wrestling match with VeVe, Orlandoe, and newcomer from London, Athena.

Thanks to some feedback from customers of our previous bondage wrestling matches - with me (Diablo) & VeVe and with Keri & VeVe - we had decided to enlist Athena for a new bondage wrestling idea.

I don't want to get too into talking about this match, since I'm running out of space here. But I will say that the idea involved using a leather cuff with D-rings on the wrist of each wrestler, through which one rope was permanently afixed. There were other ropes scattered about the mat for the wrestlers to use as they saw fit.

VeVe came in as a very experienced bondage wrestler. Athena, on the other hand, has never done this sort of thing before. Needless to say, VeVe made good use of that permanent rope on the wrist cuff - and the other ropes around the mat! I asked VeVe to strike some victory poses over her defeated foe.... and then, secretly, I had Orlandoe rush in from behind and surprise attack VeVe while she was posing! One thing led to another, Athena wriggled herself free (with the help of her teeth on the ropes!), and both Athena and Orlandoe double teamed VeVe. Now, that's not a nice thing when we're talking about bondage wrestling!

Ok.

THEN!

There's this week. And this week we have some fun stuff coming up:

There's another female competitive match I'll be filming of VeVe vs Jasmine Flower. This will take place before a live audience at the Philadelphia Wrestling Party. All are welcome to attend. Philly wrestling party info is HERE. We've been hoping to get a VeVe vs Jasmine match on video for some time, and I'm glad to finally have this opportunity!

Than on Saturday, I'm filming with VeVe and Jennie Vaughn. They will be having a competitive match, as well as some other smaller matches, some of which will involve beating up "ShortFuse" Mark (who recently co-starred in Judo Throws and Pantyhose).

Ok, let me publish this post before it gets way too long. Just finished work yesterday on the Lucha Spandex Smackdown masked wrestling video series. Cranking up the camera for the weekend. Here we go!

Lucha Spandex Smackdown Shoot last night

It's been a wild time in wrestling media production world. But isn't it always a wild time?

Last night we just wrapped filming of what I have dubbed "Lucha Spandex Smackdown." It was a complex shoot involving 4 people (2 girls and 2 boys), leotards, tights, luchador masks, bondage, tag teams, and five different 10-minute matches.

Thanks to the energy and cunning talents of VeVe, Orlandoe, Hanz, and Jason, we were able to make this shoot happen with flare, style, and pizazz. And thanks to our patron, we were able to get all these wrestle-kids kitted out in spandex and nylon goodness.

I had no idea what to expect from this shoot, but I knew I was working with good people. I must say that the experience took me back to my theatre days, and I certainly felt like I was filming an interesting theatre exercise on this one:

Unidentified male and female figures. In combat. Wrestling. Tying each other up, tying each other together. Full body coverage. Skin tight. Basic colors.

Anyway, I was very pleased! I am excited to work on this even into the post-production phase. It was some great wrestling, great bondage wrestling, great mixed wrestling.... and all in these lucha masks and tights.

I wish I could talk more about it, but the DVD master just popped out of the burner, and I need to run off to the gym now!

Tonight I'm filming with VeVe, Athena, and Orlandoe again. We're having a go at some F v F bondage wrestling double-teaming. Then I'm filming VeVe vs Raquel. Ok, now, really got to run!

Judo Throws, Pantyhose, Singlets, and Wrestling!

Oh, I've been a bit behind in posting lately. This tends to happen to me. There's been a ton going on outside of blogger-world, so I take this as a good thing.

I'm back on my feet, and I have personally been shooting a lot of matches lately. It's good to get back behind the camera instead of just doing the post-production work.

So, I just recently wrote about the Judo Throws & Pantyhose custom that I shot with VeVe and Mark. That was a great video, by the way, since VeVe got to throw Mark many, many, many times throughout the course of the 10 minute "throws" portion. It was fairly brutal on poor Mark, and he left with purple bulges under his eyes.

VeVe is looking into getting herself a short gi jacket so that she can wear it along with her dance tights for more throwing-type videos. Right now, all of the judo gi jackets she has are fairly long in the skirting part.

A week prior to the Throws video with Mark, we also shot a singlet match with Blazin' Ben. That was a 10 minute match, and I am still deciding what to do with it, since it's a shorty.

This match was supposed to have been in "pin style," but there were no specific rules in place regarding how long it would take to pin. 3 seconds was assumed. From this match, though, we learned that VeVe looked best with her singlet flipped to the blue side (it's reversible).

And most recently was a shoot with VeVe and Twiggy, with both competitors in pantyhose. This was a two-match set, where VeVe and Twiggy would switch color/style of pantyhose with each other for each segment. Match 1 was in "domination" style, while Match 2 was in pure competitive style.

Pantyhose do make for slippery wrestling! I observed this as I watched them struggle to clutch at each other with their legs. Furthermore, there is very little traction for the feet when you're foot-clad in the hose.

Twiggy was a great opponent for VeVe. It was great to work with him again, after not seeing him for so long. He's been busy lately, so we were pleased to get a hold of him for this bout.

More to come.

I'm still making preparations for the June 4, 2011 NYC Wrestling Showcase. We have a nice card lining up, including Jasmine Flower and Onyx, as well as visiting wrestlers from Wisconsin (JuMi) and Toronto (Lotus Lily) and local NYC talent: VeVe, Orlandoe, and Wrecks.

Onward and upward!