Whipmaster Bob

WhipMaster Bob Clark has been involved in M/s relationships and the leather community for nearly 30 years, enjoying partnerships and play relationships with men and women, and enjoying every opportunity to meet new people. Heavily experienced in SM, and edge play in particular, he was gifted with his name through his prowess with singletails. He believes that honor and integrity are paramount in his relationships and dealings with everyone. His tastes in SM are as broad and varied as the lifestyle itself ranging from being a new player's "first time" to an advanced player's roller coaster ride operator.
Although, pushing the envelope is a passion, and Bob believes the essence of edge play is pure, unadulterated and brutal truth. So, from a spiritual side, you could call him a seeker of truth. His philosophy and desire, is to make a positive difference within the community, believing that "paying it forward" does honor, to those that came before and taught him.
In the midst of all this serious truthseeking and pain dispensing, he manages to keep a great sense of humor and has had opportunity to travel the US with his property, BootPig, having adventures, meeting people and teaching at events such as TESFest, Folsom Fringe, Tribal Fire, Southwest Leather and more

Bio current April 10, 2011

2011 Presentations:
Congratulations, you qualify for an upgrade - with Bootpig
"Congratulations, you qualify for an upgrade!" Isn't that a great sentence? An upgrade to first class. An upgrade to a suite. That extra little step of luxury that soothes, rejuvenates, or just gives that little sense of privilege and pampering. We get excited when we have enough miles, enough points, enough nights to get those extras. What if the extras became part of each day? ??Refining service is a two-way street. Developing an eye for higher levels of service takes time, and practice. For bottoms, it may take awhile, or examples, or ideas to get started with how to create an environment. For tops, the same thing, sometimes you don't know what you want if you haven't had it yet. There's a neatly made bed, and then there's the bed with the extras. Turned back? Warmed? Scented? This is just a simple example.?? Come together for practical ideas on how to walk through your routines and generate your own upgrades. If you're single, you can start working on the upgrades you would want from your service person. If you're a developing service person, add to your repertoire now. Practical also means budget conscious. I'm on a budget too, so I'm not talking about how to spend a ton of money. Anyone can do that. This is about nuance, refinement, escalation, exquisite attention to detail and crafting sensory experiences. ??Let's talk about how to experience the finer things, and how to translate those into your own world, complete with your own preferences. ??We'll discuss headspaces, but this is less theory and more practice. Ideas you can take away, and start using this night, right at the event. This is embracing the indulgence and privilege of service. ??As always, please feel free to contact BootPig in advance at wmb.bootpig@gmail.com if you have specific questions or areas you hope to see addressed.


Blood Splatter Play - with Bootpig
This play gives new meaning to the term "fingerpainting in blood". Blood is often associated with ritual and claims a significant role in many types of play we do from vampyre play, to ritual or artistic cuttings and body modification to well...making a mess. Sometimes a big one. With any luck, a really big one. There is a certain level of savagery that can be released when blood is literally moving through a scene. Slipping down a breast, or running down a back or spraying against a partner, a wall, across a sheet. Nothing neat, nothing really controlled about it, this is a type of play where the partners have an opportunity to really revel in the life force.

As a caveat, this is intended for fluid bonded partners, as we are. This is a RACK experience. We simply can't show you how to play this way and completely control it. We can show you ways to minimize the mess, we can show you ways to reduce potential risk, but we simply can't make this neat and pretty. This will not have a large safety portion on fluid play as that is covered in many basic blood play classes, and this isn't intended to cover the basics of blood play, but simply another way for blood players to engage in innovation and creativity with a few messy adventures along the way.

2009 Presentations:

Dynamic Singletails - with Bootpig
Come and join us for a whip class with a different spin. There are very talented singletail users attending and teaching technique this weekend, but this class is a bit different. This class is about building your whip dynamic with a bottom. How to escalate styles of play with whips. How to begin moving with whips, playing in different planes - vertical - horizontal - yoga positions? This is about learning to share in the experience, and the bottom contributes just as much as the top does to this sense of fun and wildness. A sensuous entanglement of top, bottom and whip with a very fluid style. This class includes technique for tops and bottoms and will build on other whip classes and practice sessions from the weekend.
Beginning whip users are welcome in this class, we only ask that you practice at your own speed. Advanced users are certainly welcome to come and share some of the more unique ways that you're playing with whips.

Face Play - with Bootpig
Face Play enters an intriguing "taboo" area by engaging SM techniques above the collarbone. The edge of having an area of the body that is normally highly protected and rarely left vulnerable, the edge of wondering if anything will show the next day and wondering what people would think, what you would think, is a remarkable adrenalin rush. Face Play definitely enters the realm of the R.A.C.K. experience as primary concerns are reducing risk as much as possible while being highly aware of the increased risks associated with this area, and the delicious variety that one can enjoy. This is a play style that lends itself well to the limited budget -- and those with limited space as an intense Face Play scene can be created almost instantly with small tools and imaginative techniques.

Come learn, and experience the dynamics of playing above the collarbone: Facial percussion (Including open and closed hands), caning, flogging, piercing, pressure points, waxing and more will be discussed and demonstrated, with time for practice and personal interaction with the Instructors. This is a relatively advanced topic in many cases, and can be considered a form of edge play. Please be advised that this is not a forum for discussion on the sanity of practicing this type of play - but a safe and welcoming environment for those that wish to learn and explore the possibility of playing on this fringe of adrenalin. For those of you that have joined us before, you'll know that we're dedicated to personal experiences with people that attend our classes, and being sure you have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you need to. Please feel free to forward questions beforehand by email so we can be sure to address your personal concerns or interests.

Blood Splatter Play - with Bootpig
This play gives new meaning to the term "fingerpainting in blood". Blood is often associated with ritual and claims a significant role in many types of play we do from vampyre play, to ritual or artistic cuttings and body modification to well...making a mess. Sometimes a big one. With any luck, a really big one. There is a certain level of savagery that can be released when blood is literally moving through a scene. Slipping down a breast, or running down a back or spraying against a partner, a wall, across a sheet. Nothing neat, nothing really controlled about it, this is a type of play where the partners have an opportunity to really revel in the life force.

As a caveat, this is intended for fluid bonded partners, as we are. This is a RACK experience. We simply can't show you how to play this way and completely control it. We can show you ways to minimize the mess, we can show you ways to reduce potential risk, but we simply can't make this neat and pretty. This will not have a large safety portion on fluid play as that is covered in many basic blood play classes, and this isn't intended to cover the basics of blood play, but simply another way for blood players to engage in innovation and creativity with a few messy adventures along the way.

2008 Presentations:
"A" IS FOR ALPHA - with Bootpig
Mmmm, but a poly family can cover every element of the Seven Deadly Sins. Alpha positions mean many things to many people. For some, it means primary partner or longest in service. For some it is a job description and the most qualified candidate holds this position in addition to other roles. An Alpha may or may not possess authority. It could be a "working" title, or an honorary word. Alpha roles in service can be challenging as you are charged with teaching and/or managing according to the Owner's vision, and not your own. Like any other job, there are tricks and challenges to successfully serving as an Alpha in heart and spirit, and not just with longevity. How to manage envy in others, or yourself? How to handle a higher level of accountability without Anger, Pride or Envy? How to ward off, or recover from, burnout? What are skills that an Alpha might need to possess or improve upon in order to serve in the position.

Since we talk about what we have experience with, this class will primarily focus on "family" structures in committed service relationships (Which is an all purpose way of including M/s, D/s, Daddy/boy, Dom/sub, Top/bottom, and other myriad arrangements).

LONG TERM SERVICE RELATIONSHIPS - Joys and Headspaces with Bootpig
What are the joys of being in service? The little things that come forward each day and remind us that we're in the right place at the right time? What are the signs and markers that we've made a monumental decision in the path that we're living, and how do we receive the joys that service can bring to us? For many of us, there is a great deal of discussion about how to find a way into service and partner selection, but sometimes there isn't the discussion about life in service once those decisions have been made. What are the stages of faith and trust we go through? How about our methods for coping?

In long term service you might run across Envy, Pride, Anger, Gluttony, Lots and Lots of Lust, and even some Sloth on occasion…

The concepts of being in service are often limited to just partnered service, but there are those among us finding their joy through service to organizations, groups, the community as a whole. How does the single service-motivated person develop their service during their time without a partner? What about the grieving person that is not yet ready to partner but needs a place for expression of their being? Expressing service can be a singular focus on an individual, or a spiritual oneness with the universe. Finding the joy in every moment in service, including those tough, painful moments is an adventure unto itself, filled with opportunities for accountability, transparency and development. Reaching your potential while also experiencing the perfect joy of the moment.

WHOLE BODY SM – I want it all! with Bootpig
Why stop with backs and asses, breasts and balls? The whole body is a canvas for SM techniques that range from erotic to excruciating. This is a mixed bag of techniques for every area from tip of the head to toes of the feet, beginner to advanced. This is Lust and Gluttony defined, indulge in sensation on every bit of skin available to you. For those of you into long scenes, this helps extend time as you can work all over instead of using up one section of canvas and quitting. Mmmm, can you play with a collarbone? The back of a knee? The small of a back? An eyelash? You can. We'll encourage discussion, imagination, and innovation.

2007 Presentations:

Interrogation, Two Part Series - with Linda "BootPig" Hall
Where do your interrogation fantasies take you? Warden and Prisoner? Military Officer and Captured? Espionage and Double Agents? The inquisition? Almost all forms of SM can range from light to dark, but interrogation usually starts dark and goes darker.
It isn't for the faint of heart, isn't PC, and ranges from forbidding to stark terror. It dances far outside the realm of some popular acronyms and feeds on control and power. Blessed with the power to slide under your skin until the lines of what is real and not real blend. Interrogation becomes an adrenalin rush that is hard to beat.

Come on down and get a taste! Time constraints make this a demonstration and light instruction by no means a workshop that will leave you prepared to enter into this realm, but it may whet your appetite, answer some questions and the instructors will be open to further questions during the weekend, and afterwards via email or phone.

We'll be going over progression, physical techniques, safety, psychology and preparation (from the Top and the bottom). You just might find that coaxing, cajoling, forcing the answer out of someone turns you on, and for those of you on the bottom, you may find that postponing their experience by holding out the info as long as possible, is a sweet way to spend some time before you finally, inexorably, give in. And you will.

Come and join in this exploration. Bring your open mind, your questions, your concerns, and we'll work together to see how it suits you, or doesn't.

(Note: Attendance at Part one of Interrogation is required to attend part two.)

2006 Presentations:

Face Play: Where Vice Meets Vanity -with Linda "BootPig" Hall
Face Play enters an intriguing "taboo" area by engaging SM techniques above the collarbone. The edge of having an area of the body that is normally highly protected and rarely left vulnerable, the edge of wondering if anything will show the next day and wondering what people would think, what you would think, is a remarkable adrenalin rush. Face Play definitely enters the realm of the R.A.C.K. experience as primary concerns are reducing risk as much as possible while being highly aware of the increased risks associated with this area, and the delicious variety that one can enjoy. This is a play style that lends itself well to the limited budget -- and those with limited space as an intense Face Play scene can be created almost instantly with small tools and imaginative techniques.

Come learn, and experience the dynamics of playing above the collarbone: Facial percussion (Including open and closed hands), caning, flogging, piercing, pressure points, waxing and more will be discussed and demonstrated, with time for practice and personal interaction with the Instructors. This is a relatively advanced topic in many cases, and can be considered a form of edge play. Please be advised that this is not a forum for discussion on the sanity of practicing this type of play - but a safe and welcoming environment for those that wish to learn and explore the possibility of playing on this fringe of adrenalin. For those of you that have joined us before, you'll know that we're dedicated to personal experiences with people that attend our classes, and being sure you have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you need to. Please feel free to forward questions beforehand by email so we can be sure to address your personal concerns or interests. We can be reached at bob@whipmasterbob.com

Rumble in the Dungeon -with Linda "BootPig" Hall
In many relationships, from casual to committed, a line is crossed when Play moves into a physical contact one-on-one style moment. From pushing to brawling, when play moves into the realm of both giving and receiving simultaneously, the outcomes can take many forms: Body Percussion including slaps and punches; Take-Downs from emotional take downs to physically restraining/relocating someone; Kicking or Trampling, and more. This class rolls several forms of play into a discussion, demo and workshop on physically interactive play. If you're interested in exploring some of this, please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in -- brawling is difficult in spiked heels and tight pants.

Yes. Interactive. The bottom is fighting back. Call it resistance. Call it rebellion. Call it good old-fashioned fisticuffs. Some might label it violent. Some might call it a workout. It can touch on buried issues; it can bring powerful energy to light and leave you stronger, and more able to face the issues in your life. It can leave partners even more deeply bonded.

For the Tops: Learn how to escalate physical play in a controlled manner. Learn how to work with your hands, body and feet and never touch a toybag, and yet both still be drenched in sweat, panting, and having the time of your life. Learn how to work with a bottom that is moving and reacting in unexpected (and occasionally painful) ways. Learn about potential emotional issues that may affect you in the course of playing this way. Safety precautions relevant to both sides of the equation will be discussed.

For the bottoms: Learn how to participate in play like this, and unleash the part of you that wants to play rough. Learn how to meld the parts of you that want to submit, and the parts of you that want to resist. Learn how to fight a "clean" fight. On a physical basis, learn how you can prepare your body for this type of play, and what you can do to reduce your chances of injury.

The dynamics of preparing for play like this, working through it, and then the potential issues that may come up afterwards will be discussed. Resistance-style play is not a beginning play style, nor is it really suited to "casual" play between strangers, in that situation, the potential for adrenaline overload and loss of control of the situation increases dramatically. In this type of play, there is a great deal of trust from both sides on how much is enough, what is considered "clean" fighting, what buttons can and cannot be pushed (from either side).

Singletails I - The Basics -with Linda "BootPig" Hall
Does the sound of a singletail send shivers down your spine? Or make your pulse quicken and your blood boil? Then this class is for you!!! From bare bones basics, to some more advanced techniques. This real world class will show you practical application for using a singletail in your scenes. From energy work and sensual wraps binding you to each other, to marks and cuts and the artistry behind the whip. This is a wonderful place for both admirers of the singletail, and those who fear it for unknown reasons. For many people, the singletail seems too intense of an experience, but a singletail in the right hands, with a bottom in the right space -- can cover every nuance from sensual kisses and laps at the skin, to intense fires on the skin. If you have a curiosity about this experience, come visit with us. If you fear the unknown, come visit us and have an opportunity to ask, touch, watch -- and if your heart takes you there, experience. If you adore these sensual, writhing creatures, do come share your passion with us.

Safety, whip anatomy, whip care, basic throws and practice techniques, will also be discussed in this hands-on class. For those on the receiving end, we will also be discussing preparation, mind set, and physical presence. This class covers the full experience from both ends of the whip. Novices, and advanced players alike, will benefit from this hands-on workshop. Please bring your favorite whips for practice time.

Singletails II -with Linda "BootPig" Hall
A little More This class picks up where the first one leaves off, moving into more advanced scene usage (unrestrained bottom in motion?), improved targeting and technique, compensating for space limitations, and more. Plan to get some time with your whips sharing your skill level and working on specific areas you want to improve. Beginners are welcome in this class though it will not go through the basics in the first level.