General terms and conditions of business
Version 1.4 valid from August 1, 2026
§ 1 Geltungsbereich
- Die Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen (nachfolgend: „AGB“) gelten für alle Vertragsverhältnisse zwischen Frank und Melanie Kerschbaum "Sakura Rope”, Stuttgarter Straße 42/2; 71701 Schwieberdingen (im Folgenden: SakuraRope) und dem Kunden/ Verbraucher (§ 13 BGB - Verbraucher ist jede natürliche Person, die ein Rechtsgeschäft zu Zwecken abschließt, die überwiegend weder ihrer gewerblichen noch ihrer selbständigen beruflichen Tätigkeit zugerechnet werden können ) in der zum Zeitpunkt der Vertragsschließung gültigen Fassung.
- Die vorliegenden AGB gelten für alle zwischen den Parteien geschlossenen Verträge, auch wenn in diesen nicht ausdrücklich auf die AGB Bezug genommen wird. Abweichende Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen des Kunden gelten nicht, auch wenn SakuraRope ihnen nicht ausdrücklich widerspricht. Individuelle Sondervereinbarungen gehen diesen AGB vor; dies gilt nicht für vorformulierte Vertragsbedingungen des Kunden.
§ 2 Leistung(en)
The services provided are detailed in the service, event, or course description, which can be found on the websites at:
- www.sakura-rope.de/workshop_unterricht and so on.
- www.sakura-rope.de/events and so on.
- www.joyclub.de/profile/veranstaltungen/1747337.sakura_rope.html
- as well as from SakuraRope on Fetlife.com
The following are listed. No verbal side agreements are made.
Individual training and teaching sessions in a 1:1 setting are excluded from this.
§ 3 Conclusion of Contract
- The presentation and tendering of services on our website www.sakura-rope.de and the advertisements on the associated profiles in social media channels such as JoyClub or Fetlife and other social media platforms do not constitute a legally binding contractual offer, but are merely a non-binding invitation to the consumer to book services.
- The consumer can request the desired service by email.n mail@sakura-rope.de, üInquire via the registration and contact forms on the homepage or register via social media platforms (JoyClub, Fetlife, etc.). The contract for participation in a:
- Bondage meet-up or event - registration will be done electronically, via the registration form on the homepage (www.sakura-rope.deThe contract is concluded either through registration with JoyClub or Fetlife. Upon confirmation by SakuraRope, the contract becomes binding for both parties.
- One-day or multi-day workshops, individual lessons or training – registration is done electronically via a registration form on the homepage (www.sakura-rope.deThe contract can be concluded either through the customer account or via registration with JoyClub or Fetlife. When registering via JoyClub or Fetlife, the customer is required to provide an email address for further contract processing. The contract becomes binding for both parties upon confirmation by SakuraRope.
- In the event of a booking, the customer will receive the following from SakuraRope:
- Bondage meeting – depending on the registration method, a booking confirmation will be sent via email or ClubMail (JoyClub) or email in Fetlife.
- Workshop, individual lessons or event - a booking confirmation via email from which the details of the contract and the terms and conditions can be found.
- Participation in a workshop, individual lesson, event or similar is contingent upon full payment of the participation fee.
- Consumers must be at least 18 years old. You confirm that you are of legal age and have the legal authority, right, and freedom to enter into a binding agreement based on these terms and conditions and to use the services and purchase products.
§ 4 Prices, Payment Terms and Default
- The prices shown are final prices and include VAT. The applicable price is the one displayed at the time of binding registration.
- The participation fees are due immediately upon conclusion of the contract or according to the payment terms specified in the booking confirmation.
- Payments are processed upon booking a
- Bondage meetups – payment can be made in advance via PayPal (payment to friends) or in cash on site. Anyone who repeatedly fails to show up or cancels at very short notice will be charged the entrance fee in advance or subsequently.
- Workshop, intensive course or event - payment must be made in advance via bank transfer or PayPal (payment to friends) according to the payment terms shown in the booking confirmation.
§ 5 Payment Default
- In the event of default, all liabilities of the contractual partner to SakuraRope become due immediately. Furthermore, SakuraRope is entitled to withhold further services or to perform them only against prepayment.
- Furthermore, SakuraRope is entitled to demand default interest at a rate of 5 percentage points above the base interest rate per annum announced by the Deutsche Bundesbank for the time of the order.
- If SakuraRope can prove that it has incurred higher damages due to the delay, SakuraRope is entitled to claim these.
§ 6 Cancellation of appointments by the organizer
- SakuraRope reserves the right to cancel the event up to one week prior to its commencement if the minimum number of participants (as specified in the event description) is not reached. Participants will be notified immediately and any payments made for the event will be refunded without delay.
- Should an appointment be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, reasonable expenses, or insurmountable obstacles, SakuraRope reserves the right to cancel the appointment at short notice, and the participant will be notified immediately. A replacement appointment will be offered, or the amounts paid for the appointment will be refunded.
§ 7 Cancellation Policy (Right of withdrawal)
- The customer has in relation to multi-part The following cancellation options apply to workshops and courses:
- In the event of a complete cancellation, the following processing and cancellation fee will be charged:
- Up to four weeks before the start of the course (first date), 50% of the total course fee is due.
- In the current cycle of the module course, 50% of the remaining course parts will be completed.
- Even if a replacement participant is found, the respective cancellation and processing fee is still due.
- If you are unable to attend a scheduled course session, the course fee for the booked module is still payable in full. The corresponding module can be made up as individual lessons (one-on-one instruction) on an agreed date within the timeframe before the next module, for an additional fee. The material can be made up or reworked. The hourly rate may be reduced if other participants repeat or make up the module at the same time slot.
- If a booked course date is cancelled less than 24 hours before the start of the event, or if the participant does not appear without prior cancellation (no-show), there is no entitlement to a refund or credit of the participation fee.
- Failure to complete a module excludes further participation and continuation of the module course - in this case, Section 7 Paragraph 1a.ii applies.
- The customer has the following cancellation options with regard to individual/one-on-one lessons, workshops (e.g. with external lecturers or topic-related workshops, RopeLabs), and training (e.g. Kumite):
- 50% of the workshop/course fee is due up to four weeks in advance.
- 30% refund starting three weeks in advance
- No refunds are possible if the refund is less than two weeks in advance.
- The customer has the following cancellation options (contractual right of withdrawal) with regard to events (e.g. bondage meetings "Zendo"; "Kitsune", Kinky Cinema etc.):
- Cancellations made up to 72 hours before the event start are free of charge. (3 days)
- For cancellations up to 48 hours before the start of the event, we charge a processing and cancellation fee of 30% (2 days).
- For cancellations up to 24 hours before the start of the event (1 day), we charge a processing and cancellation fee of 50%.
- A later cancellation is not possible; even if the customer cancels their participation in the event and a replacement participant is found, 100% of the participation fee is due as a cancellation and processing fee.
- The cancellationg must be in text form.
- DThe non-refundable amounts are used to cover processing costs and cancellation fees.
- Anyone who repeatedly fails to appear (i.e., does not show up) or cancels at very short notice will be subject to our right to demand full prepayment or, as a last resort, to be excluded from future events.A "no-show" is defined as an unexcused failure to appear at a booked event, as well as a cancellation that occurs after the event has started or at such short notice that it is no longer possible to reassign the seat.
§ 8 Implementation of teaching units (workshops, individual lessons, training)
- Verbraucher sind berechtigt an allen gebuchten Unterrichtseinheiten teilzunehmen, die für ihren Ausbildungsstand angeboten werden. Für den Fall, dass für einzelne Angebote bestimmte Zulassungsvoraussetzungen gelten, so muss der Kunde diese erfüllen und ggf. eine Arbeitsprobe vor Anmeldung bzw. Antritt vorweisen. Sollte der Ausbildungsstand nicht die erforderlichen Kenntnisse aufweisen ist SakuraRope berechtigt das Lernziel anzupassen und herabzusetzen.
- Der Unterricht ist mit angemessener Kleidung zu absolvieren.
- SakuraRope übernimmt keine Erfolgsgarantie für die im Rahmen des Unterrichts, Trainings und in Workshop vermittelten Inhalte. Dem Kunden ist bewusst, dass die gelernten Methoden und Techniken nur bei konsequenter Umsetzung und kontinuierlichem Training, auch außerhalb des Unterrichts, Erfolg haben können.
- Die Ausbildung wird sich an den jeweiligen Bedürfnisse des Kunden sowie den Möglichkeiten der Teilnehmer ggf. den körperlichen Voraussetzungen orientieren.
- Sollte bei mehrteiligen Workshops (Modulworkshops / Kurse) einzelne Teilnehmer das Lernziel einzelner Module nach unsrerem Ermessen nicht erreichen, oder den Lernfortschritt der Gruppe gefährden behält sich SakuraRope das Recht vor, diesen Teilnehmer vom Unterricht im Gruppensetting auszugliedern. Der Teilnehmer hat die Möglichkeit entweder durch Individualtraining seinen Lernrückstand aufzuarbeiten oder ganz auf individuellen Unterricht zu wechseln. Daraus entstehende Mehrkosten hat der Teilnehmer zu tragen. Sollten sich die Vertragsparteien nicht einig werden, so gelten die unter §5 genannten Stornierungsbedingungen.
- Störenfriede, Aggressoren und unter Alkohol- oder Drogeneinfluss stehende Personen werden dauerhaft vom Unterricht ausgeschlossen.
§ 9 Conducting Events (Fesselreff "Zendo" or similar)
- Der/ Die Teilnehmer akzeptiert bei Buchung die Hausordnung bzw. Verhaltensregeln/ Netiquette und die darin enthaltenen rechtlichen Hinweise. https://www.sakura-rope.de/Guidelines
- Alle Teilnehmer haben die Weisungen der Mitarbeiter*innen und des Inhabers sowie der Teammitglieder zu befolgen und beachten die aushängende Hausordnung.
§ 10 Liability
- Die Teilnahme oder der Besuch jeglicher Veranstaltungen und Unterrichts von SakuraRope erfolgt auf eigenes Risiko. Bei allen Trainings, Kursen, Workshops und Veranstaltungen von SakuraRope wird die Eigenverantwortlichkeit der Teilnehmer vorausgesetzt. Teilnahme und Nutzung der Einrichtung erfolgen auf eigene Gefahr.
- Verbraucher und Teilnehmer versichern, dass sie für die gewählte Ausbildungsart und Teilnahme am Unterricht sowie Events gesund sind. Sie sind selbst dafür verantwortlich, sich gegebenenfalls von einer*m Ärzt*in untersuchen zu lassen. Bei körperlichen oder psychischen Einschränkungen ist der Teilnehmer angehalten, vor Trainingsbeginn das OK eines Arztes oder Mediziners ein zu holen.
- Bestehende körperliche Beschwerden sind vom Teilnehmer beim Trainer vor jeder Trainingseinheit anzugeben und entsprechend zu beachten.
- SakuraRope übernimmt keinerlei Haftung für Personen-, Sach-, Vermögens- oder Gesundheitsschäden, die dem Kunden oder Begleitperson durch Anwendung der Übung, Eingreifen der Ausbilder oder Nutzung von Geräten infolge der Teilnahme entstehen, noch für selbst verschuldete Unfälle.
- Während sämtlichen Veranstaltungen ist den Anweisungen durch SakuraRope oder deren Teammitglieder Folge zu leisten.
- Für Schäden, die der Kunde durch Missachtung dieser AGB oder durch Missachtung der Anweisungen von SakuraRope und deren Teammitgliedern verursacht, haftet ausschließlich der Kunde.
- Das Krankheits- und Verletzungsrisiko während des Trainingszeitraumes sowie der Teilnahme an sämtlichen Veranstaltungen trägt der Kunde.
- Für Schäden des Lebens, des Körpers oder der Gesundheit haften, Teammitglieder und Inhaber der Veranstaltungstätte sowie SakuraRope nur im Falle vorsätzlicher oder fahrlässiger Pflichtverletzung.
- Für sonstige Schäden haften Teammitglieder, Inhaber der Veranstaltungsstätte sowie SakuraRope nur im Falle vorsätzlicher oder grob fahrlässiger Pflichtverletzung.
- Teammitglieder, Inhaber der Veranstaltungsstätte und SakuraRope übernehmen keine Haftung für Schäden durch fahrlässiges Handeln von Verbrauchern und Teilnehmern.
- Die Teilnehmer sind dafür verantwortlich, auf mitgebrachtes Eigentum selbst zu achten. Teammitglieder und SakuraRope übernehmen keine Haftung für Verlust.
- Im Falle von Diebstahl oder Verlust von Gegenständen insbesondere auch Wertgegenständen wird keine Haftung von SakuraRope oder Teammitglied übernommen
- Bei Verletzung wesentlicher Vertragspflichten, deren Erfüllung die ordnungsgemäße Durchführung des Vertrages überhaupt erst ermöglicht und auf deren Einhaltung der Vertragspartner regelmäßig vertrauen darf, (Kardinalpflichten) durch leichte Fahrlässigkeit von uns, unseren gesetzlichen Vertretern oder Erfüllungsgehilfen ist die Haftung der Höhe nach auf den bei Vertragsschluss vorhersehbaren Schaden begrenzt, mit dessen Entstehung typischerweise gerechnet werden muss.
- Im Übrigen sind Ansprüche auf Schadensersatz ausgeschlossen.
Section 11 Right of withdrawal in consumer contracts
If the customer is a consumer within the meaning of Section 13 of the German Civil Code (BGB), the following cancellation policy applies:
Cancellation policy
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day of the conclusion of the contract.
To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us of your decision to withdraw from this contract by means of a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or email). To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
SAkura Rope
Frank Kerschbaum
Stuttgart Street 42/2
71701 Schwieberdingen
Telephone: 49 175 400 83 85
E-mail: mail@sakura-rope.de
Consequences of the revocation
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse all payments received from you without undue delay and in any event no later than 14 days from the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract. We will use the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement. If you requested that the service begin during the withdrawal period, you shall pay us a reasonable amount corresponding to the proportion of the services already provided up to the point at which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us, in comparison with the total scope of the services stipulated in the contract.
End of the cancellation policy
contractAGS statements before the expiry of the withdrawal period:
It will be shownIt was pointed out that the right of withdrawal expires when the service has been fully performed and the performance of the service only began after the customer had given his express consent and simultaneously confirmed his knowledge that he would lose his right of withdrawal upon full performance of the contract by the entrepreneur, § 356 para. 4 BGB.
If the customer cancels the contractIf the service has not yet been fully provided, the customer owes SakuraRope compensation for the value of the service provided up to the point of cancellation, if he has expressly requested that SakuraRope begin providing the service before the end of the cancellation period, § 357 para. 8 BGB.
Section 12 Data Protection
- SakuraRope is committed to complying with all data protection regulations applicable in the Federal Republic of Germany, in particular the GDPR and the BDSG.
- SakuraRope collects the customer's personal data for the purpose of contract execution and to fulfill its contractual and pre-contractual obligations. Data collection and processing are necessary for the performance of the contract and are based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Data will not be disclosed to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so or it is necessary for the performance of the contract.
- The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was processed, provided that this does not conflict with any legal retention obligations.
- Customers are entitled to receive information about all their personal data free of charge. Furthermore, they have the right to data portability, erasure, rectification, restriction of processing, or blocking of their personal data. Customers can address any related questions and requests directly to SakuraRope.
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Furthermore, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, the customer has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if he believes that SakuraRope's data processing operations violate data protection regulations.
§ 13 Schlussbestimmungen
- The customer may only offset claims against SakuraRope if the customer's counterclaim is undisputed or has been legally established, unless it concerns warranty claims. The customer may only assert a right of retention to the extent that it is based on claims arising from the same contractual relationship.
- Without the express written consent of SakuraRope, the customer is not entitled to assign claims arising from the contractual relationship to third parties.
- The contract concluded between SakuraRope and the customer is governed exclusively by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, expressly excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
- If, contrary to his statements, the customer does not have a residence in the Federal Republic of Germany at the time of conclusion of the contract, or if he moves his residence abroad after conclusion of the contract, or if his residence is unknown at the time the action is brought, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from and in connection with the contractual relationship is Ludwigsburg or Stuttgart.
- SakuraRope reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. Any changes or additions to this agreement must be in writing.
- Changes will be communicated to customers in a timely manner and will be considered accepted if no written objection is received within 14 days.
- Should any provision of these Terms and Conditions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. German law shall apply.
The place of jurisdiction is Schwieberdingen. October 1, 2024.

