If you’ve been following our latest posts on bondage techniques, you’ve probably had your hands full for the last few weeks. So far we’ve taught you how to introduce bondage to your partner, how to have safer sex with safe words, and even how to select toys for some fun and exciting bondage games. While we’re sure we’ve given you a lot to think about, the fun doesn’t stop there. This week we’d like to dive even deeper and share some advanced bondage techniques with you. Read on to discover fun new ways to whip some excitement into your love life.

Power Play

Although it sounds like a tactic used by ladder-climbing middle managers, power play is a lot sexier than that. Trust us. Power play, or power exchange, is all about submitting to another person. It can be something as simple as one partner calling the other “Master” or “Mistress” in the bedroom while practicing bondage techniques, or it can involve a more public acknowledgment. Some couples will even have a public collaring ceremony where they make a lifelong pact for one partner to have complete control over, and even micromanage, the life of the other. (It sounds a lot like marriage, but with more leather.)

Of course, to enter into these types of scenarios or relationships, clear roles need to be established. Some partners even draw up contracts beforehand to ensure safer sex and clear communication. It might seem like a lot of work, but when you and yours are picking out monogrammed dog collars, it will all seem worth it.

Tease and Deny

We talked about this a bit last week when we showed you how to use a feather tickler to tease your partner. “Tease and deny” takes that idea just a bit further. The idea behind this bondage game is to bring your partner to the brink of orgasm, then to limit or stop stimulation before they get their rocks off. This is usually accomplished while the partner is bound with ropes or cuffs, adding to their feelings of helplessness. To create arousal, use good old fashioned intercourse or toys like the Lelo Oden couple’s ring. When the submissive partner is eventually “allowed” to orgasm, their experience will be even more explosive. Some couples take this idea even further by using chastity belts. (They’re not just for overprotective medieval parents anymore!)

Predicament bondage

We prefer to call this bondage game “in a pickle bondage” because it makes it sound a bit more fun. (That, and we love pickles even more than Snooki does.) This bondage game uses restraints to put the submissive partner in a limited number of positions. The positions themselves are designed to create increasing discomfort (kind of like the chairs at the DMV), and the submissive is thereby forced to shift between positions that provide relief to one part of the body and discomfort to another. The dominant partner may even tease or tickle the submissive while this is happening. These types of bondage games require a bit more experience, so until you’ve earned your merit badge in knot tying, you may want to stick to safer sex positions for the time being. There are few visits to the ER more embarrassing than those that involve sexy times. Before you put yourself in a pickle, make sure you’ll be able to find a way out.

Interrogation Bondage

Few of us have the willpower to resist a “Law and Order” marathon, but if you find yourself consulting your TV Guide weeks in advance and calling off work to stay in with Lieutenant Stabler, you may enjoy this game more than others. Interrogation bondage can be a fun and sexy way to combine role-playing and power play. (It can also be useful in getting your partner to admit to eating the last slice of pizza.)

In these types of bondage games, one partner plays the victim and is restrained and “tortured.” This torture can range from tickling to things that are more severe, including electric shocks delivered by special machines. The length and severity of the session is up to you, but be sure to have your safe words in place. Actually, if you’re using gags in your bondage games, you may want to swap your safe word for a safe action. If your partner is unable to speak properly, they can snap their fingers or drop an object they’re holding in order to halt the action. Just think, by adding interrogation bondage into your sex life, you’ll finally have a use for that creepy swinging light in your basement!

We’ve sure had fun teaching you about bondage techniques these last few weeks. We hope you’re putting all of your newfound knowledge to good use. By now, your love life is probably looking a lot less like a boring vanilla ice cream cone and a lot more like a trip to the Razzy Fresh yogurt buffet. Hey, you’re welcome. We always love to hear feedback. Have you been taking our advice? Tell us about it in a comment below.