The Mighty Whip has been used for many centuries as a weapon for correction, torture and pain.
A whip is a tool or weapon designed to strike humans or animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism.
In the practice of BDSM, the whip is used in a scene between consenting partners, who are tops and have been trained to use the whip correctly. The bottom is usually attached to a Saint Andrew’s Cross in a play dungeon or in a private setting.
While using a whip inside it is very important to be in an area with plenty of space, due to making sure not to hit someone behind you. Using a whip requires practice and proper training. There are several members in the BDSM community that have years of practice with using the whip. They have mastered the skill and have conducted demonstrations.
The following are videos on how to crack a whip in a dungeon:
- Dungeon Whip Technique Review: Dungeon Whip Technique Review
- How to Crack a Whip: How to Crack a Whip
There are several different types of whips that can be used:
- STOCKWHIP: is a single-tailes leather whip with a very long lash with a short handle. This whip is used to move livestock away by the sound of the whip. are a type of single-tailed leather whip with a very long lash but a short handle.
- AUSTRALIAN: The Australian stockwhip is often said to have originated in the English hunting whip, but it has since become a distinct type of whip. Today, it is used primarily by stockmen.
- BULLWHIP:is a single - tailed whip which is made of braided leather or nylon. The bullwhip is designed as a tool for working livestock in open country.
- COW WHIP aka FLORIDA COW WHIP: This whip is used by Floridian cowboys. It is made of a two- piece unit like the stockwhip and it is connected to a handle.
- SIGNALWHIP: is a single- whip which was originally designed to control teams of dogs. The fall on a signal whip is a piece of leather( cracker) attached to the end of the body of the whip.
- CAT O’NINE TAILS: is a multi-tailed whip that was created for severe physical punishment in the Royal Navy and Army of the United Kingdom. In Britain and other countries the cat was used as a judicial punishment. The cat is made up of nine knotted thongs of cotton cord.
- EQUESTRIAN: Also known as Horse whips or riding whips. These whips used by the equestrian while riding or handling horses from the ground,