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FungiUg

FungiUg

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I had a fascinating conversation with a friend a week or so back about the differences between his caning techniques and mine, and also a few fun things to try. I wondered whether other people here have developed or experienced different caning techniques?

The context is that I am fairly new to the whole caning thing, and I love what it does to the right person. (Already have one horror story, but we coped.) While I think what I am doing is fairly effective, judging by the results I get, that doesn't mean there isn't more to learn.

So please feel free to chip in with your ideas about effective techniques, what you enjoy most, enjoy least and so on.

Also if you know of any good books on the subject, I'd love to hear about those as well.

I got lazy and didn't search the library. I did find one thread which seemed vaguely related: Caning Question
 
My current techniques

What I have already experimented with is two different styles.

The first is to apply the cane "in layers" (the Sara Lee approach: layer upon layer upon layer). So after warming the area (usually the butt), I start with a layer of gentle cane strokes. Then I add another layer of slightly firmer strokes, then a third layer of hard strokes, and finally punctuate it off with some fast, hard strokes.

The second is to vary the strokes. I tried this last time after the aforementioned discussion with a friend, who says he will do nine easy strokes then one hard one. If you keep the strokes incoming fast enough, I doubt the person receiving them will be able to anticipate which one is going to be the hard one, even if they are regularly spaced.

I do all of them just from wrist action: I've yet to actually raise my arm to place a stroke. It just seemed to me that unless I wanted to actually split the skin, it was better to go with speed than brute force.

Also, we discussed wrapping. My current placement is to land the end of the cane right where I am caning, so if I am working on the butt I will change sides and land the cane in the centre of the far buttock. And I've been caning from the side. But the concept of wrapping (with perhaps a more whippy cane) sounded... fascinating. So maybe working from the top down, and having the cane wrap around the thigh or the base of the buttock. I'd hesitate to work from the bottom up, because of the danger of placing a stroke than lands on the kidneys.

Anyway, that's what I have experimented with so far. Obviously I need way more experimentation! But in the mean time, if other people have ideas about what works well, then I'd love to hear them.
 
FungiUg said:
What I have already experimented with is two different styles.

The first is to apply the cane "in layers" (the Sara Lee approach: layer upon layer upon layer). So after warming the area (usually the butt), I start with a layer of gentle cane strokes. Then I add another layer of slightly firmer strokes, then a third layer of hard strokes, and finally punctuate it off with some fast, hard strokes.

The second is to vary the strokes. I tried this last time after the aforementioned discussion with a friend, who says he will do nine easy strokes then one hard one. If you keep the strokes incoming fast enough, I doubt the person receiving them will be able to anticipate which one is going to be the hard one, even if they are regularly spaced.

I do all of them just from wrist action: I've yet to actually raise my arm to place a stroke. It just seemed to me that unless I wanted to actually split the skin, it was better to go with speed than brute force.

Also, we discussed wrapping. My current placement is to land the end of the cane right where I am caning, so if I am working on the butt I will change sides and land the cane in the centre of the far buttock. And I've been caning from the side. But the concept of wrapping (with perhaps a more whippy cane) sounded... fascinating. So maybe working from the top down, and having the cane wrap around the thigh or the base of the buttock. I'd hesitate to work from the bottom up, because of the danger of placing a stroke than lands on the kidneys.

Anyway, that's what I have experimented with so far. Obviously I need way more experimentation! But in the mean time, if other people have ideas about what works well, then I'd love to hear them.
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I think, from what I read, that Master uses the first.. the layer method.. lovingly known in our household as SDS or "same damn spot"... personally I love it. I love the chillly tingle I get as the pain increases... mmmm
 
I tend to vary the strokes, with no particular count. I lay them along the mucle bellies and like to work areas that are common trigger point locations. A caning, in this sense, works like a massage (I could use a caning in this style =P). I do both pinpoint tip strikes and wrapping, depending on whim.

I have taken to mixing stroke and location too, laying a number of light strokes on the upper back and then a sharp rap on the ass. I also tend to ramp up intensity as she starts to come, giving solid hits during the climax. Really makes her yelp and orgasm hard.

Oddly enough, "v" orgasms as readily when I work on her upper back as when work on the 'sweet spot'. The cane has become the "rattan vibrator" and is my favourite implement, period.
 
Very good topic - you know from previous threads about various aspects of caning that it's one of my favorite toys. When I get some energy back from this damn bronchitis, I'll try to get back here and address techniques. Right now, my brain is not functional enough to be even semi-articulate.
 
Sir_Winston54 said:
Very good topic - you know from previous threads about various aspects of caning that it's one of my favorite toys. When I get some energy back from this damn bronchitis, I'll try to get back here and address techniques. Right now, my brain is not functional enough to be even semi-articulate.
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Looking forward to that. Both the getting better part, and you posting your thoughts on caning.
 
Sir_Winston54 said:
Very good topic - you know from previous threads about various aspects of caning that it's one of my favorite toys. When I get some energy back from this damn bronchitis, I'll try to get back here and address techniques.
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Thanks SW. We'll look forward to that. You just get better soon, or you'll have a whole bunch of people upset with you! :cool:
 
I like your method and believe it to be similar to my past caning experiences. I was once, my first caning in fact, given 100 lashes with a rattan cane and my entire bottom glowed bright red without more than a hint of strips commonly associated with caning.

I hate wrap around and have had my thigh opened up twice with that method or in my opinion lack of method. I was taught to use a cane, myself the target and was taught that the tip of the cane should never extend beyond the target.

In some later experiences I was marked up rather nicely, front of thighs and inner thighs. My lower back is far too sensitive for caning but I do so love the sound of a descending cane more than most any other sound during play. Well other that his moans of pleasure that is.

FungiUg said:
What I have already experimented with is two different styles.

The first is to apply the cane "in layers" (the Sara Lee approach: layer upon layer upon layer). So after warming the area (usually the butt), I start with a layer of gentle cane strokes. Then I add another layer of slightly firmer strokes, then a third layer of hard strokes, and finally punctuate it off with some fast, hard strokes.

The second is to vary the strokes. I tried this last time after the aforementioned discussion with a friend, who says he will do nine easy strokes then one hard one. If you keep the strokes incoming fast enough, I doubt the person receiving them will be able to anticipate which one is going to be the hard one, even if they are regularly spaced.

I do all of them just from wrist action: I've yet to actually raise my arm to place a stroke. It just seemed to me that unless I wanted to actually split the skin, it was better to go with speed than brute force.

Also, we discussed wrapping. My current placement is to land the end of the cane right where I am caning, so if I am working on the butt I will change sides and land the cane in the centre of the far buttock. And I've been caning from the side. But the concept of wrapping (with perhaps a more whippy cane) sounded... fascinating. So maybe working from the top down, and having the cane wrap around the thigh or the base of the buttock. I'd hesitate to work from the bottom up, because of the danger of placing a stroke than lands on the kidneys.

Anyway, that's what I have experimented with so far. Obviously I need way more experimentation! But in the mean time, if other people have ideas about what works well, then I'd love to hear them.
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Blushing Bottom said:
I hate wrap around and have had my thigh opened up twice with that method or in my opinion lack of method. I was taught to use a cane, myself the target and was taught that the tip of the cane should never extend beyond the target.
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I've yet to cut any bottoms open with a proper wrap. The intent is not to whang the dickens out of the ass cheek and see how far the cane can bend. It is just hitting beyond the target for a different effect. I am only calling it a wrap because it it not a tip strike. Done right, the tip does not make contact at all.
 
TheleHun said:
I totally thought this was about about canning food. Like peppers, tomatos etc.
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Whoa, that's a kink that I am NOT into.

Did those tomatoes give consent? I think not.

Freak. *shudder*
 
Homburg said:
Whoa, that's a kink that I am NOT into.

Did those tomatoes give consent? I think not.

Freak. *shudder*
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Tomatoes are the ovary of the plant, you know. ;)
 
coy_one said:
Tomatoes are the ovary of the plant, you know. ;)
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My dear Coy One, just because they are the feminine portion of the plant we do not somehow have the right to ignore the consent question! Herbomisogyny should have been left behind in the Dark Ages.

Honestly, think of the tomatoes.

Next thing you know, someone is going to bring up Dolcett and say some tomatoes just wanted to be canned and eaten..
 
Homburg said:
My dear Coy One, just because they are the feminine portion of the plant we do not somehow have the right to ignore the consent question! Herbomisogyny should have been left behind in the Dark Ages.

Honestly, think of the tomatoes.

Next thing you know, someone is going to bring up Dolcett and say some tomatoes just wanted to be canned and eaten..
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But they are already blushing! So surely, they have already given consent. ;)
 
I prefer the 'rhythmic' 'tattooing' method, myself.

Steady firm blows :heart: in layers, for long lengths of time, with random heavy strikes for marking here and there.
 
coy_one said:
But they are already blushing! So surely, they have already given consent. ;)
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*stares*
*ponders*
*nods*

*wanders off to find a tomato*

Nothing sexier than a good blush....
 
I'm not a fan of the "tapping" or the fast rhythmic method at all. It's jarring and annoying to me. Ma'am does it sometimes and it causes me to dance around and whine a lot, which I think amuses her.

Ma'am usually starts out slow and firm and works her way up, varying the placement of the cane. She USUALLY "warns" me of where the stroke will lay by settling the cane say, on my thigh for a moment, waiting for me to take a deep breath and then landing the stroke. Because of my past horrible experience, I tend to panic easily with caning so the slow and steady works best for me; although Ma'am doesn't always allow that, she usually will humour me. She also often slips the cane into my hand for a moment when she switches to another one to allow me to feel the difference as we play with many different types of canes.

Between strokes she allows me to catch my breath (or let it out and grab a new one since I tend to hold my breath), or orders me to breath if I forget. We don't "warm up" with anything beforehand...just isn't something she does in this case. She starts out hard and gets harder, but that's about it lol. This wouldn't work for everyone, but our relationship and play isn't based on her pleasing me so that isn't a goal here.

She usually starts on my butt, moves on to my thighs and then orders me to turn over to do the front of my thighs and sometimes my breasts.

The slow, steady, hard and deliberate caning style is my favourite. By the time she is nearing the end, the strokes are very hard but I'm in a mindframe to take it well, which pleases us both.
 
serijules said:
We don't "warm up" with anything beforehand...just isn't something she does in this case.
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I don't warm up with anything prior to the cane either. I don't see much point. The cane is simply different from the other implements, and I don't see a point to warming up with dissimilar implements.
 
I do the warm ups, because otherwise she squirms away more. Unless I start with tying her to something, I prefer her not to squirm away too much.

Yes, I could simply tell her not to squirm, but the whole enjoyment I get is from watching her natural reactions. The "fuck that hurts" combined with "please, more!"

Anyway, I have discovered I can mostly do the warm ups with the cane.
 
I warm up with the cane. The point I was making was that I don't use spanking or flogging or whatever as a warm-up. The cane itself is all that is needed for that purpose.
 
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