The authors of the book, Timur Alimov and Olga Podolskaya, are known among Russian BDSM fans under the pseudonyms Shorokh and Gella. On 200 pages they barely contained everything that is known about the art of flagellation, that is, spanking. Flagellation is a narrow area of sadomasochism, which is rightly considered the basis of this sexual practice or, more correctly, a way of life. The BDSM technique in the book “The Way of the Whip” for the first time in the Russian tradition found its full description. This is a real textbook for a sadomasochist, which sometimes resembles either a manual on human anatomy or a manual of a shepherd driving out the pleasures of his stepsons into the field with the help of a whip. And it’s not easy to pass the exam using this book - after all, the striking technique alone involves more than 40 methods. Thoroughness in studying the “topic” is akin to an absolute focus on extracting pleasure, which is what distinguishes BDSM adherents.