Whipping and Flogging

In these articles we will explain the techniques related with the use of whips, scourges, floggers, straps and similar flexible instruments in a BDSM context. We will differentiate among techniques common to all instruments and the ones specifically for floggers or for multi- and single-tailed whips.

Even when the flogger, the short BDSM whip with many tails, is a multi-tailed whip, it is different, in form and in use, to other multi-tailed whips as the cat o'nine tails, the pleti or the flagrum. The flogger, with its tails made of almost any material, is a modern whip designed with sensual games in mind. Depending on its materials and weight, it can caress, it can massage or it can punish. The other multi-tailers, the scourges, were designed with pain in mind. They were intended for hurting, for tearing the flesh to ribbons, and were used for severe punishment.

Another consideration: with the exception of some lightweight floggers with tails made of softer materials most whips are not toys, they are weapons. Be sure you read Safety, Safety: the whip, and How instruments work, before continuing with this article. Practice a lot on inanimate objects before hitting you sub.