Jack The Rigger and Shana have been a well-established bondage team since 2009. Together, they are known for technically precise, playful, and emotional bondage shows as well as lively, hands-on teaching. Over many years, they helped shape Secret56 and were a core part of the Seilschaften team for 15 years.
Jack discovered his passion for bondage in 2008. At a regular gathering in Winterthur, he met Umino, who was one of the leaders of Seilschaften at the time. Umino encouraged him to attend one of their meetings – an invitation that would define Jack's future path with ropes and bondage. From then on, he took every opportunity to join the Seilschaften gatherings and pursued this passion intensely in his private life as well.
Over time, both his experience and his connection to Seilschaften, Umino, and Ibinuphis continued to grow. Jack began actively supporting the group and eventually became a permanent member of the team.
To avoid repeatedly renting and setting up rooms for the gatherings, the team developed the idea of a permanent space dedicated entirely to rope bondage: the first Secret56 in Effretikon. It was also the first place where Jack could pursue his passion for photography in a studio of his own. After four years, Umino, Ibinuphis, and Jack went their separate ways. Ibinuphis and Jack relocated and opened the second Secret56 studio in Vogelsang near Brugg. Together with their wives, Nerea and Shana, they expanded the programme considerably: the original Seilschaften gatherings were joined by workshops, training sessions, and private lessons.
From the beginning of his journey as a rigger, Jack felt closely connected to Osada-Ryū. At the time, it was the most widespread rope bondage system in Europe, and both Ibinuphis and Umino were dedicated to the style. Yet Osada-Ryū was never Jack's only path. Teachers including Yukimura, Matthias Grimme, Haag, and Yagami Ren also left a lasting mark on the way he ties.
Through his collaboration with Vinciens, who was already an Osada-Ryū instructor, Jack immersed himself ever more deeply in the system and began his Kyu training. Vinciens was invited to Secret56 in Switzerland twice a year, and a significant part of Jack's training took place during these visits. Vinciens thus played an important role in his development as both a rigger and teacher.
In 2018, Secret56 was honoured with recognition as an official Osada-Ryū dojo. The appointment took place during Osada Steve's visit as part of his European tour, during which he taught workshops and private lessons at Secret56. From that point onward, Jack and Ibinuphis officially taught Osada-Ryū. In 2022, Jack was appointed as an instructor, authorising him not only to teach the system but also to conduct Osada-Ryū examinations.
Photography has accompanied Jack throughout his life and remains an important part of his work at the new Aijō Dojo. His many years behind the camera have sharpened his eye for aesthetics, bodywork, and staging – a perspective that enriches his workshops as much as his shoots for riggers, models, and photographers.
Shana discovered the scene in 2009 through Jack and quickly developed into an expressive bondage partner and impressive stage performer. Her extensive experience as a model, her keen sense of dynamics, emotion, and safety, as well as her presence in the ropes, have a decisive influence on their collaborative work.
Together, Jack and Shana are known for technically precise, playful, and emotional bondage shows both at home and abroad, as well as for lively, hands-on knowledge transfer.
In mid-2026, the two left Secret56 and decided to open their own small bondage school. Aijō was born.
Aijō is the label under which Shana and Jack offer their products to the bondage community.
In Japanese, Aijō means “bond” or “love.”
Shana and Jack chose this name because it best expresses their connection both in everyday life and in bondage.
The two have known each other since elementary school and never lost touch, even during the time they were apart. They have been a couple again since 2009 and have been married since 2016.
This bond, which they share in everyday life as well as in the realm of bondage, ultimately led to the name Aijō.
