Asphyxiation play / Breath play
  • Breath control is the control of breathing through the use of a gas mask or similar apparatus, by covering the mouth and nose.
    • Body modification
  • The practice of Body modification are ritual, erotic, decorative, or fetish and include tattooing, piercing, needle play, cutting, and corsetry and branding.
    • Blood sport
  • Activities that result in drawing blood. Blood sports can include whipping or caning that breaks the skin, branding, cutting, piercing and cutting.
    • Bondage
  • Any activity involving restraints placed on the body to restrict freedom of movement. Using ropes, leather straps, body bags, catsuits, using 2-way and 4-way suspension, slings, spanking stools, racks, hog ties, Japanese rope bondage.
    • Bondage harness
  • Rope dress for the purpose of suspension bondage.
    • Bondage and discipline, B&D
  • A classic term referring to several bdsm activities including bondage, slave training, corporal punishment, and dominant / submissive role play.
    • Brain fade
  • A state of confusion, disorientation, conditioning.
    • CBT - Cock and ball torture
  • Torture is inflicted on these body parts.
    • Conditional compliance
  • This arrangement is a limited exchange of power negotiated by me and you for a single scene or brief period of play, such as overnight, one day, or one weekend.
    • Corporal punishment
  • Corporal activities include spanking, flogging, paddling,whipping and caning.
    • Discipline
  • Is the use of rules and punishment to control overt behaviour.
    • Cross-dressing / TV or Transvestite
  • Dressing in clothes of the opposite gender.
    • Domestic Chores
  • Maid training and servitude under supervision.
    • Electro-torture / Paradise Electro Stimulation, PES
  • The use of e lectrical stimulation to create a desired physical sensation.
    • Enema
  • The instrument used for, or the act of injecting fluid into the anus to flush the lower intestines.
    • Foot fetish/ Foot worship/ Boot worship
  • The obsession directed towards the feet, high heels or boots.
    • Golden shower / Degradation
  • Urination on or in another person.
    • Head games/Psychology/Psychodrama
  • Domination where the focus is primarily mental.
    • Humiliation
  • Humbling a person by teasing them about their sexual desires can be part of erotic control. Humiliation can paradoxically build a person's self-esteem rather than tearing it down by reinforcing their sexuality.
    • Isolation
  • A technique of sensory deprivation.
    • Japanese bondage
  • Oriental bondage, rope dress - the styles of Japanese rope bondage stemming from techniques used in the Far East. Basically, the bondages are highly decorative, uniform, and symmetrical.
    • Knife play
  • Play that includes the use of a knife (does not necessarily imply cutting).
    • Latex / Rubber fetish
  • A love for Rubber.
    • Leather fetish
  • A passion for leather.
    • Make-up
  • Transformation through the use of make-up.
    • Medical scenes
  • Fantasy and role-play revolving around medical scenes and themes.
    • Mental bondage
  • Ropeless bondage by command.
    • Mummification
  • A bondage technique. Mummification is wrapping completely or almost completely my submissive in restrictive material such as plastic wrap, spandex, elastic or gauze bandages.
    • Needle play
  • The use of needles on the body.
    • Over the knee
  • Spanking adopting an over the knee position.
    • Pain slut
  • Somebody who derives pleasure from physical pain.
    • Pony training / Pony play
  • Is the fanciful transformation into a 'pony'.
    • Position training
  • The training of a submissive.
    • Pushing limits / Intense play / Edge play
  • It’s a careful process of gradual expansion of limits.
    • PVC fetish
  • It’s a type of plastic used for fetish clothing.
    • Role play
  • Assuming the persona of a sexual archetype or fantasy character. Altering sexual behaviour by changing responses and creating new associations is a technique called reimprinting.
    • Sissification / Feminization
  • A practice desired by a male sub of 'forced' cross-dressing and/or gender reassignment.
    • Smoking fetish
  • The fascination with smoking.
    • Torture
  • Any 'forced' pain activities.
    • Training
  • Any one of many disciplines.
    • Verbal humiliation / Abuse
  • The use of sexual epithets and similar verbalizations to excite or humble.
    • Worship
  • Lavish attentions upon a part of the body.