On The Edge, presents “Chips and Whips” an introduction to single tail whips, buggy whips and fun with food.
WHIPS: This seminar/playtime event will feature instruction and care of your whip. We will talk about the detailed differences in whips, length, type of leather, what the end of the whips are for etc. We will be instructing how to safely use them in BDSM scenes, we will not be doing any whip tricks or sideshow instruction.
CHIPS: Not California Highway Patrol (I know some of you children of the 80s were thinking oooh I get to be Ponch!), but actual food. We will be having all different sorts of potato chips and dips. We will also be making human chip bowls and human dip bowls, this gives double dipping a whole new meaning.
We will be playing games with chips, dips and whips in order to become familiar with the use of the single tails (Whip the Chip will be one game, guess where we put the chip?).
Bring a friend, bring a whip and please bring chips/or dip.
Class will conclude with open playtime at The Studio.
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This event is 18 years of age and up, clean and sober. No drinking, drugs or smoking allowed in The Studio. It will take place on 6/20/12 from 8pm to 2am. Late comers are welcome, but we will be starting the class at 9:00pm sharp.
This class is a $20 donation and either a dip or a bag of chips (funky flavors appreciated).
Dress will be casual, street, fetish or Indiana Jones.
RSVP to [email protected] (especially if you don’t know where the Studio is located. It is approximately 10 min southwest of Downtown Chicago). RSVPs will be returned 24 hours before the event.
Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/322969221113338/ (you must still RSVP by e-mail)
On the Edge is a BDSM educational series brought to you by Ken Melvoin-Berg and Sunny Megatron. Events are hosted at the studio and are designed to let participants delve deeply into a variety of kinky subjects. Each event is 3-6 hours long and incorporates classroom style instruction, hands-on learning and open playtime. On The Edge events are also great opportunities to meet and network with other kinky folks. Experts in each subject are brought in to teach portions of each class you you can get the best instruction possible.
Some of the On The Edge classes that have been offered: Zap! Electric Play Workshop/BBQ/Play Party, Erotic Photography, Knife Play, “Give Me The Code!” Military Style Intelligence Gathering & Interrogation Play Workshop and BDSM 201: Dungeons for Beginners. We generally offer at least two On The Edge classes and events per month at The Studio so be sure to check back when new events are added. Ken and Sunny also teach various sexuality classes on a regualr basis at other sex positive venues. Check the sexy class calendar for a complete listing.
Due to the recent events that have affected our community, many people are asking for a way to feel protected. The loss of Foxy Goat has crushed many of us and changed the way in which we think we are safe in our homes. All of the profit for this class is going as a donation in her name to assist the 1901 Gallery Theater.
Effective self-protection is by its nature quick, violent, and dirty. It is not about kicking someone’s ass, egos, or looking tough. The purpose of this class is to share knowledge about how to cause enough damage, swiftly, ruthlessly, and unexpectedly, so that a victim can escape from an attacker and protect themselves from any further harm. It isn’t pretty, elegant, sporting, or honorable.
While avoiding conflict and being in danger is always the best strategy, sometimes that is not a possibility. The Quick, Violent, and Dirty Self-Protection seminar is designed to teach students about how to prepare for imminent assault, how to use the body’s natural weapons, and when and how to employ highly effective force-multipliers to inflict debilitating damage on an attacker with the purpose of preserving one’s safety, well-being, and own life.
Quick, Violent, and Dirty Self-Protection is a two-hour intensive lecture and demonstration of a few specific techniques, methods, and courses of action that can be learned easily and practiced repeatedly until they become second-nature survival strategies.
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.”—Bruce Lee
Instructor Biography and Background
Happy-Venom has been training in fighting techniques since childhood. He been boxing since age 6 (his father was a former pro boxer), wrestling since 8, started karate and kung-fu at 10, and then began training in his main instructor’s style of Japanese jujutsu, as well as the muay Thai, wing chun, Shotokan karate, aiki-jujutsu, and Japanese weapons by age 12.
In the more than three decades since then, he has studied many styles of martial arts, including savate, tae kwon do, catch wrestling, and jeet kune do to add to his knowledge of fighting and hand-to-hand combat.
Happy-Venom is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm and used to do crazy shit like fighting in cages, traveled to distant lands to shoot people and blow stuff up, and wrangled drunkards in biker bars. Now he engages in more humanitarian activities like training MMA fighters and security personnel on how to beat people up more efficiently.
The cost of the class is a $20 donation. All profits are going to 1901 Gallery in Lisa’s name.
Pay by PayPal here http://www.eventbrite.com/
or $20 cash at the door
RSVP to hold your spot and to get the address: [email protected]
To contribute to the reward fund to capture Lisa Koziol-Ellis’ killer, visit the Fight for Foxy website here: http://fightforfoxy.com/FIGHTFORFOXY/justiceforlisa.html If you have any information that may help police, you are urged to come forward. Contact info for the Elgin Police Department here: http://fightforfoxy.com/FIGHTFORFOXY/INFORMATION.html
It seems everyone’s talking about non-monogamous relationships these days. Polyamory has recently been featured on prime time news shows, magazine covers and reality TV programs. If you’ve thought about exploring some form of non-monogamy, you’ve probably wondered:
Is there a difference between and open relationship and a polyamorous one? How do swinging and group sex factor in? What is the appropriate way to approach someone for a threesome? How is jealousy managed with multiple partners? Isn’t “open-relationship” just a fancy term for cheating? Are people poly because they like to have lots of sex? How I talk to my partner about opening up our relationship? What happens if I get jealous?
There is no magic formula for an open relationship or one right way to be poly. In this workshop Ken and Sunny explain different types of non-monogamous relationships and give you tools to craft and maintain a relationship that’s right for you (and them!).
This class is through Chicago’s Meow University
And will take place at:
Good Gyrrl Studio
1200 W 35th St
Chicago, IL 60609
Eventbrite ticket page and additional details coming soon!
About the Instructors
Ken Melvoin-Berg owns Weird Chicago Tours and the Midwest’s premier S&M Dungeon, The Studio. As a Lecturer and Sexstorian, he is the creator of On The Edge (a lecture/film series on BDSM). In addition to authoring 14 books on various subjects, Ken edits and writes numerous articles on sexuality.
He travels around the world teaching kink awareness to various private groups and continually develops new kink-friendly/sex positive classes.
Ken is responsible for the infamous Northwestern University Fucksaw controversy while teaching his class, Networking for Kinky People. Sunny Megatron is his partner in crime in his perverted adventures.
Sunny Megatron is a pleasure advocate, sex blogger, sexpert, adult sexuality educator and accidental superhero.
Along with Ken, she is one of the infamous Northwestern Fucksaw Four and is the proud owner of that fucksaw heard around the world.
On any given weekend you can find Sunny hosting Red Light District Sex Tours and bachelorette parties for Weird Chicago Tours. She also teaches various sexuality workshops around the country including: Networking for Kinky People, BDSM 101, How to Give a World Class BlowJob, Exploring Non-Monogamy, ZAP! Electrical Play, The Female Orgasm, and Junk For Your Junk: Sex Toys 101.
Although Sunny covers various subjects, her specialties are the female orgasm and alternative sexuality— from LGBTQ topics to swinging, BDSM, nontraditional relationships, extreme toys, g-spot techniques and more. She particularly enjoys helping those curious about adding a little spice to their sex lives that aren’t sure where to begin.
