On October 16, I attended the tickling meeting over at the TES headquarters in NYC last hosted by Lady D and thrash. They are well known among www.bleufetish.com ; thrash was featured in the video Thrash's Tickle Thrashing.
It first started out with a basic intro. to tickling such as giving the dictionary definition and then it got into a little more detailed as to how ticklishness comes from a nervous response. Lady D also explained that she is also able to mental tickle people simply by waving her fingers at them at close range or by distance and that they would react to her just the same way as if she were physically touching them. Lady D went on to explain that she nor official science know why this is possible but it must come from your nervous response combined with anticipation. She also said that interestingly your ticklishness is evoked by your pain receptors and she went on to say that when she suddenly would poke people they would suddenly flinch or swing at her hand with their arms because they want it to stop.
So after the brief intro she told thrash to take off his shoes and get on the bondage bed aka tickle table; just want to say that thrash was fully clothed during this except for is bare soles and holes in his jeans (purposely put there)and he was not physically restrained.
Thrash was laying on his stomach and Lady D was at his feet. She held thrash's left foot and was tickling his sole. She was explaining that the soles are one of the most highly ticklish parts of the body and you can do many different techniques. She said you can scribble and go really fast, you can go up and down with one finger, you can scratch/scrape with your nails; all the while thrash is going crazy on the bed. She then got up from his feet and glided her fingers up and down below his knees. When she got to under the knees and started squeezing it she said that this also works. Lady D then surprised thrash by going to his sides and he practically jumped in the air. After scribbling at his sides for a bit she then went for his ass and explained that most people's butts are very ticklish while simply gliding her nails up and down thrash's ass.
Lady D then instructed thrash to get on his back and people in the crowd commented on how his face turned red. Lady D mentioned that tickling can be a work out for some, the endorphins and adrenaline kick in and this can really lead into good sceneplay. She also went onto explain how the responsibilty of the Top / 'ler is to watch the body language and reactions of the sub / 'lee and make sure everything's alright. Watching for signs of hyperventilation, breathing going up and down, making sure the environment is safe (meaning that there is nothing on the floor or nearby that somebody can fall and hurt their head, such as radiators). Lady D mentioned that you don't want to see your sub / 'lee pass out and when you see them starting to cough or breathe very heavily you have to watch what you are doing. As you get to know the people you tickle you now get to know how much they can take and what their normal reactions are like. As you develop the trust between the 2 partners you now know what to expect and are now aware as to what things should alert you or not with that particular person. Lady D also mentioned that for first time tickle partners they should always be cautious about the normal warning signs, not meaning the more experienced tickle players should ignore them.
After the explanation and when thrash calmed down Lady D went on to more tickling. She went to thrash's stomach and sides causing thrash to convulse on the bed. Lady D laughed and said you can always get good reactions over in this area. She then went down to his balls and explained that men have these two little things here that are very ticklish and tickled thrash's balls for a bit. She then went down to thrash's head and told him to lift up his arms because there was one place she forgot to go for; the armpits. She attacked his armpits causing thrash to SCREAM and jump around on the bed. After this Lady D made thrash get on his stomach again and she climbed on top of him. She went onto say that when you don't have actual restraints to use you can use your body for bondage. She was sitting on thrash's ass and was tickling his sides while explaining this. Lady D then turned around and went to thrash's feet and was tickling it for a bit while doing a "little piggy went to the dungeon" sing-song on his toes.
After this the tickling was over and both Lady D and thrash open up the crowd to the Q&A session. Some people mentioned in the crowd that they were thinking "oh tickling, hmppf, what can that do?" but were now exposed to it first hand and learned a lot about it from the class. Then people were asking how Lady D and thrash were exposed to tickling. Lady D mentioned that she absolutely hates being tickled but loves tickling others. She mentioned that for her tickling is pure punishment and she doesn't enjoy it. She finds that with her subs it is rewarding for some and punishment for some and she likes to see people laugh and communicate/bond with her subs through tickling. Thrash mentioned that he doesn't call himself a tickle fetishist but will engage in tickle play with people he trusts and connects with, especially if he knows the Top likes to tickle.
Then Lady D went onto mention the TMF to the crowd and mentioned that they have now 50,000 members so there are a lot of people into tickling in some form or another as one would think. Thrash mentioned that some people like tickling, tickling others, reading about it, fantasizing about it, tickling before sex.. you name it. Lady D then went onto mention that majority of the members of TMF are not part of the BDSM realm and their interest is really into only tickling and do not engage in other fetish activity. She went onto mention that if someone were to mention tickling being a fetish that many of the TMF members would passionately deny it and say that it is something that they enjoy, part of their essential sexuality, and they never think of it as a label or a fetish.
So that was the basic rundown of the tickling class. Thanks for reading.
www.tes.org
It first started out with a basic intro. to tickling such as giving the dictionary definition and then it got into a little more detailed as to how ticklishness comes from a nervous response. Lady D also explained that she is also able to mental tickle people simply by waving her fingers at them at close range or by distance and that they would react to her just the same way as if she were physically touching them. Lady D went on to explain that she nor official science know why this is possible but it must come from your nervous response combined with anticipation. She also said that interestingly your ticklishness is evoked by your pain receptors and she went on to say that when she suddenly would poke people they would suddenly flinch or swing at her hand with their arms because they want it to stop.
So after the brief intro she told thrash to take off his shoes and get on the bondage bed aka tickle table; just want to say that thrash was fully clothed during this except for is bare soles and holes in his jeans (purposely put there)and he was not physically restrained.
Thrash was laying on his stomach and Lady D was at his feet. She held thrash's left foot and was tickling his sole. She was explaining that the soles are one of the most highly ticklish parts of the body and you can do many different techniques. She said you can scribble and go really fast, you can go up and down with one finger, you can scratch/scrape with your nails; all the while thrash is going crazy on the bed. She then got up from his feet and glided her fingers up and down below his knees. When she got to under the knees and started squeezing it she said that this also works. Lady D then surprised thrash by going to his sides and he practically jumped in the air. After scribbling at his sides for a bit she then went for his ass and explained that most people's butts are very ticklish while simply gliding her nails up and down thrash's ass.
Lady D then instructed thrash to get on his back and people in the crowd commented on how his face turned red. Lady D mentioned that tickling can be a work out for some, the endorphins and adrenaline kick in and this can really lead into good sceneplay. She also went onto explain how the responsibilty of the Top / 'ler is to watch the body language and reactions of the sub / 'lee and make sure everything's alright. Watching for signs of hyperventilation, breathing going up and down, making sure the environment is safe (meaning that there is nothing on the floor or nearby that somebody can fall and hurt their head, such as radiators). Lady D mentioned that you don't want to see your sub / 'lee pass out and when you see them starting to cough or breathe very heavily you have to watch what you are doing. As you get to know the people you tickle you now get to know how much they can take and what their normal reactions are like. As you develop the trust between the 2 partners you now know what to expect and are now aware as to what things should alert you or not with that particular person. Lady D also mentioned that for first time tickle partners they should always be cautious about the normal warning signs, not meaning the more experienced tickle players should ignore them.
After the explanation and when thrash calmed down Lady D went on to more tickling. She went to thrash's stomach and sides causing thrash to convulse on the bed. Lady D laughed and said you can always get good reactions over in this area. She then went down to his balls and explained that men have these two little things here that are very ticklish and tickled thrash's balls for a bit. She then went down to thrash's head and told him to lift up his arms because there was one place she forgot to go for; the armpits. She attacked his armpits causing thrash to SCREAM and jump around on the bed. After this Lady D made thrash get on his stomach again and she climbed on top of him. She went onto say that when you don't have actual restraints to use you can use your body for bondage. She was sitting on thrash's ass and was tickling his sides while explaining this. Lady D then turned around and went to thrash's feet and was tickling it for a bit while doing a "little piggy went to the dungeon" sing-song on his toes.
After this the tickling was over and both Lady D and thrash open up the crowd to the Q&A session. Some people mentioned in the crowd that they were thinking "oh tickling, hmppf, what can that do?" but were now exposed to it first hand and learned a lot about it from the class. Then people were asking how Lady D and thrash were exposed to tickling. Lady D mentioned that she absolutely hates being tickled but loves tickling others. She mentioned that for her tickling is pure punishment and she doesn't enjoy it. She finds that with her subs it is rewarding for some and punishment for some and she likes to see people laugh and communicate/bond with her subs through tickling. Thrash mentioned that he doesn't call himself a tickle fetishist but will engage in tickle play with people he trusts and connects with, especially if he knows the Top likes to tickle.
Then Lady D went onto mention the TMF to the crowd and mentioned that they have now 50,000 members so there are a lot of people into tickling in some form or another as one would think. Thrash mentioned that some people like tickling, tickling others, reading about it, fantasizing about it, tickling before sex.. you name it. Lady D then went onto mention that majority of the members of TMF are not part of the BDSM realm and their interest is really into only tickling and do not engage in other fetish activity. She went onto mention that if someone were to mention tickling being a fetish that many of the TMF members would passionately deny it and say that it is something that they enjoy, part of their essential sexuality, and they never think of it as a label or a fetish.
So that was the basic rundown of the tickling class. Thanks for reading.
www.tes.org
