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A Taste of Kink comes to the Board of Education !!

Born in 2014 with the sole purpose of offering an all-inclusive ‘BDSM buffet’ of educational based experiences – for Tops, Bottoms, Switches and everyone in-between. Especially useful if you are new to the lifestyle, this event is an incredible opportunity to sample a variety of BDSM activities in an open, casual and informative atmosphere. You can learn, hands-on as the Top, experience the sensation as a Bottom, or just ask questions. Generously offered by a diverse selection of experienced presenters – sample as few or as many delights as you wish. If you need any further explanation, please read a Taste of Kink – a little history.

Please join us for this first Board of Education – a Taste of Kink evening with =

IBreakMyToys – showing his finesse for Erotic Knife Play.

SuprUltraMgaWhor – sparking you up with the Violet Wand.

MizMayhem – swinging her Fabulous Floggers.

Fetvest – wraps you up in colorful Plastic Wrap.

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Get Your Back Into It: Rough Body Play

Ever feel so physically ALIVE in your scenes that you want to do and feel more than just using an implement on your partner? We’re going to talk about how to use your whole body in a scene… grabbing, pulling, punching, and pushing up against someone. We’ll start with adding little pieces of rough body play into our impact scenes to add texture, surprise, and restraint. Then we’ll go a little darker and talk about the deep impact of a punch, and the guttural primal urges that arise when we use these techniques.

Flouer Evelyn, or Ms. Dee Flower is currently living in both New York City and Zurich, Switzerland, Flouer (and her darker alter ego Ms. Dee Flower) can be found touring the United States and Europe teaching both dance and kink. Flouer believes that a healthy, positive sexual expression in all its forms is one of the most important things on the planet. To this end, she is working towards a degree in Sexological Bodywork, and occasionally takes clients as a professional Domme. She maintains that most life lessons can be found in the exploration of kink and/or partner dance, and she strives to help people create connections within themselves, their partners, and the community as a whole.

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Fingers, Faces, Feet and Toes

Tired of just tying columns or wrists or harnesses? Want to learn how to tie up the little bits and pieces and even tie ’em all together into weird new rope poses and in ways you never thought of. Then this class is for you. Let’s learn how to take those last little wiggly body parts away once and for all as we tie up their fingers, faces, feet and toes.

Enlightenup-69 has been interested in rope bondage since he was a teenager and has made it a focused study and pursuit for multiple years.

He has hosted rope events in North Oakland County and been a rope demonstrator for taste of kink, the board of education and the Summit among others. In his role as the former host of midnight rope he had the pleasure of playing host to many local rope educators and Shibaricon presenters.

He is currently the co-organizer and host of Oakland and Macomb Rope promoting rope education and community in Oakland and Macomb County.

Attnwhor-69 has been a rope and demo bottom for many years. She has presented on topics ranging from predicament bondage to partial suspensions throughout the State of Michigan.

As the co-organizer of Oakland and Macomb Rope she has promoted rope education in her local community as well as encouraged the “bottom’s perspective” and bottom’s as active participants in kink and rope scenes.

She has also presented on the healing power of human touch and is a licensed massage therapist

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Self Defense with Jordan Bonner

We strive to present a self-defense program that focuses on the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. We offer practical advice in navigating violent situations that happen every day. This includes both practical knowledge of self-defense and what to do before and after a conflict arises. We will discuss how to de-escalate a situation whenever possible and demonstrate how to respond legally when a situation becomes heated past the point of talk.

We will start class with a discussion and instruction on the practical and social issues surrounding self-defense. Next Jordan will demonstrate new techniques to respond to physical violence. The last part of class will allow time to practice and perfect those techniques.

Jordan Bonner began studying self-defense and martial arts in Fall 2014; by Winter 2015, he had become a pupil of Dallo Martial Arts in Michigan. Here, he studied a plethora of martial arts ranging from Western Boxing, Wing Chun, and Muay Thai to various Southeast Asian weaponry disciplines, including Filipino Kali and Silat.

Through four years of training under Sifu Dallo and additional tutelage under such masters as Dan Inosanto and Francis Fong, Mr. Bonner has been able to explore the methods of over a dozen martial arts and identify those common elements most practical to the personal defensive needs of most civilians.

Mr. Bonner has been openly gay since 2013 and began attending MIR in 2015. It is his goal to act as an ambassador of practical self-defense to the queer community and promote a safer world for all minority groups through education and empowerment.

Cold Branding and Micro Branding

Brands can be symbolic, they can mark your property, show who’s property you are, or they can be just for fun. This class will focus on cold branding and micro branding. These are two of the less extreme forms of branding that are becoming more and more popular. You will learn tools and techniques you’ll need to leave your mark on someone. There will be a chance to try a cold brand after the class if you’d like see what it’s like for yourself.

MestreDaDor has had a lifelong passion for painting pictures with pain. About ten years ago he started exploring the public scene in Ohio and Michigan attending events, classes, and parties – he hasn’t slowed down since. These days one of his primary interests is coming up with new ways of leaving lasting artwork on those adventurous souls looking to decorate their bodies.