Editing Bondage positions and methods (section)

===Captive tie===
A '''captive tie''' or '''over-arm tie''' (Kotobu	Ryo-tekubi), is a bondage position in which a person's wrists are fastened behind the person's head using some form of physical restraints, such as [[rope bondage|rope]] or [[bondage cuffs|cuffs]] to which is attached a length of rope, [[chain]] or [[strap]] the other end of which is attached to a belt at the waist or other anchoring point.{{sfn|Harrington|2007|p=177}}

[[File:Overhead tie.svg|thumb|upright|An over-arm tie]]
People who practice [[rope bondage]] see this as a short term or temporary tie, to be used to restrain the [[female submission|submissive]] while moving to another room, or a warm up introductory tie. It is not inescapeable.<ref name=cr26>{{cite web |title=Wrists over Head to Back |url=https://crash-restraint.com/ties/26 |website=crash-restraint.com |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703122104/https://crash-restraint.com/ties/26 |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> This simple over-arm tie is sometimes used in sexual [[foreplay]] and in [[tickling game]]s where it prevents the submissive from protecting their ticklish spots.

The wrists are tied together in front with a [[#Double-column tie|double column tie]]. They are taken over the head and the rope falls down the centre of the back. It is passed around the lower chest and looped around itself, it is reversed and the fall is tightened and centred, the rope passes back in front of the chest and is locked off at the centre back. Spare rope can be passed up to wrists tightening the tie. To use this as a permanent tie, the tension is reduced and a further rope is passed between the upperarms, closing the space under the elbows.<ref name=cr26/>
The over-arm tie may be used as a part of more complicated bondage. For example, the back rope can be passed between the legs and fastened in front, forming a crotch rope. The wrists may be tied to the upper arms with any desired tension, from a loose tie to a strict tie where the wrists are almost touching the upper arms.{{sfn|Harrington|2007|p=177}} The over-arm tie can be combined with other techniques which restrict the subject's mobility further, such as hogtie bondage, frogtie or the shrimp tie for the legs, or by securing the tied wrists to a fixed frame. In this position, the elbows stick out on each side, level with the head, with the hands tied behind the head.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}