Protocols
Fixed & Forming
From the moment you book a session, you enter a system that runs on protocols. Protocols within the system are clear and thinking about them upfront isn’t required.
You will be conditioned to follow at nervous system level. This means it is not mandatory to read this page. The applicable protocols are always presented to you at every stage.
Protocols exist in two forms: Fixed Protocols and Forming Protocols. The combination makes the system rigid where it must be and adaptive where it serves you.
Forming Protocols
The protocols within your session are calibrated to you specifically, based on your application and the physical cues I will read from you. I design the session. You don’t negotiate its structure. Your only task is to comply.
These Type II Protocols are thus formed by me, with your input. If you book another session with me, or even become a regular, your behavior will be continuously shaped.
Every session is unique and personal, and I built on what I’ve done with you before: even years later I will remember you the moment you walk in again. My memory is sharp. If you wore a mask, I’ll recognize you by posture, voice, and movement. I read bodies like patterns. When you return, you don’t start over. We continue.
Fixed Protocols
Type I, Fixed Protocols remove ambiguity, eliminate unnecessary speech, and calibrate your system for what follows. They are predefined by the House of Bamboo and apply to every subject who succesfully applied for a session within the House of Bamboo.
The Fixed Protocols are published on this page:
1.0. Application Protocol
1.1. Arrival Protocol
1.2. Survival Protocol
1.3. Revival Protocol
Application
Fixed Protocol
1. Booking Form
You submit the booking form with preferred dates and times, at least one week in advance.
2. Application Form
You complete the application form.
3. Acceptance
You will receive an email with information, and confirmation of the date and time. Or an alternative proposal.
4. Confirmation
Your only task now is to to confirm.
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Arrival
Fixed Protocol
The Arrival Protocol covers the transition from autonomy into a system of control.
Upon arrival you are immediately instructed to proceed to the Transition Unit and to open the envelope with your identification number (ID No.). You will find the envelope and everything required for preparation on the preparation deck.
The envelope contains a key tag with your ID No. and clear instructions to rinse and prepare; change into the provided attire, with the option to wear the provided mask; and to enter the dojo.
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Survival
Fixed Protocol
The Survival Protocol is the safeword structure.
There are two safe-words: “Bamboo” and “Cut”.
1. Bamboo:
- Spoken once it signals the intensity pf the action had reached your limit of endurance. It prevents further escalation of intensity and serves as surrender to martial arts submission techniques.
Equivalents when speech is not possible:
- Two audible “hmm” sounds, as in ‘bam-boo’.
- Two clear taps, as is done in martial arts practice.
2. Cut
- Spoken once it halts all action and allows for negotiation. It also grants you a toilet break.
Equivalents when speech is not possible:
- Three short and clear “hmm” sounds, as in ‘C-U-T’.
Revival
Fixed Protocol
The Revival Protocol covers the return from imposed control into autonomy.
Towards the end of the session you will receive the instruction to stand up straight on an allocated spot and close your eyes. Followed by a countdown from ten. At zero your session has ended.
You proceed to the transition unit and use the time needed to cooldown, freshen up and prepare for departure.
When you are ready, you press the doorbell next to the Dojo entrance and wait until you are being let out.