Newboy's post set my mind thinking back to my first caning and led me on to asking myself what sort of first caning I would have if I could turn back the clock knowing what I know now. I can still recall that absolutely burning desire to bend over on instruction and expose my bare bottom to Mistresses gaze and the pain of that first caning.

I suspect there will be many who disagree but if I could have my time again my first caning would be with one of two very hard caning ladies who I know, fully and tightly retrained, without warm up and comprise six of their very hardest strokes using a medium weight cane and with three second gaps between each stroke.

It would be incredibly and shockingly painful for a novice but absolutely unforgettable.

Any other suggestions?

To be honest, I think that would be the best way of ensuring that the recipient never returned for a second session.

The cane is something that novices should approach with some caution until they have a better idea of their limits. I certainly wouldn't recommend a "cold" caning as the first experience - have a good warm-up then try a few moderate strokes to begin with. It's not a competition to see how much you can take.

I'm with Biffo on this one though not the restraint. The salient points are the CANING element - extended sessions can come later. And, of course, as Biffo pointed out being with EXPERIENCED caners. A novice will be more likely put off by a badly handled encounter rather than the pain.

Six strokes has so many images - (the school bit; the traditoinal six-of-the-best) - aligned to that top, top moment of "bend over, trousers down" (with stomach now quaking) would make that first visit so memorable. Of course, rose tinted glasses would make it seem the hardest caning EVER!

Yes, the first one is so defining. it's a bit like completing your first marathon. You may run more quickly later but nothing equals the senses of achievement and tranquilty of the "first". We may take a more severe beating but somehow we still hearken back to 'that one'.

What an absolutely delightful summary Nick. We are of like mind aside from the restraint aspect. The reason I say with restraint is that for me it would make it easier to bear knowing that I simply have to. There is no other option. It will start and it will finish.

I am being caned hard tomorrow which will be unrestrained and uplifting.

I ought to add to any newby contemplating following our advice that it is something of a fantasy and that the pain will be really shocking so you have been warned. Having said that, not that many years ago you would have had no choice in the matter if you had attended my my old grammar school. Nevertheless in this full knowledge it is certainly what I would do if I could turn back that clock.

Feedback anyone?

Haha Biffo. You are obviously a seasoned campaigner I would find your suggestion eyewateringly terrifying!
For me I would go for something more like the six of the best I was always terrified of for a couple of years before I got sent to a decent grammar where there was no CP

But not from the nasty old git of an headmaster but from a nice lady like my English teacher who kept wagging her long ruler at me and asking if I wanted feel it across my behind. I would always say no miss but at 12 or whatever I was then there was I am sure that little voice in the back of my mind saying-well if you insist.

My first proper adult caning was at the hands of the lovely Miss Prim, at the Muir Academy. We had met at a local hotel for a preliminary chat, and one of the comments that will go around in my head 'till the day I die was when told her that I did no know if I would be able to take a proper "six of the best" on my bare bottom. We were just leaving to go to the school room at the time, and miss Prim simply turned her head to me and with an enigmatic smile replied "well you will know by the end of today, wont you!". The die was cast and my head spun like a top at the prospect of what was to come.

Having arrived at her home and got changed, I sat in the class room as we progressed through the day, and I was expertly guided through the degrees of OTK hand spanking straps, paddles and the like, until we arrived at the inevitable moment when she stood there with the cane in her hand and said " OK Richard, the time has come, drop your shorts and bend over". My tummy was doing all sorts of acrobatics, as was my mind as I bent over the front desk, then I felt her fingers ease into my underpants and slowly slide them down to completely bare by bottom. The pain from that first stroke was a shock to my system, as I gritted my teeth and resolved to stay in position. I did stay in position for the full six, although it took all my will power to do so. My bottom stung like the blazes, and my face was flushed as I adjusted my clothing and returned to my seat, now unequivocally knowing the answer to my earlier self doubts.

I still have a special place in my heart for the lovely Miss Prim, who I see from time to time, and regard as a true friend, and I very fondly remember both the answer to my initial doubts as we left the hotel, and the experience of putting words into practice.

Well, that was MY first time, and I wouldn't change one second of it!

At school, mid 50s, Cheshire, 6 strokes (cane) on the hands, 3 on each. Probably what started me on a lifetime seeking regular CP.

Ditto Webra's experience - my first caning was when I was 13 at school - 4 strokes on my clothed bottom bent over a chair in the headmaster's office - took my breath away, and the first thing I did when I got home was to check out my rear in the bathroom mirror! Which, oddly, is the first thing I do now when I get home from a session. My most recent 50 on the bare (still v marked!) came after a long spanking, hairbrush, paddle and strap (and the strap was a killer in the hands of the young vixen I was with, who said there was just no point in getting the Lochgelly any way other than full force). But, in a way, I agree - a bare bottom caning from the outset (either 6, 12, 18 etc, etc) has something pure about it - and more painful, as the warm-up spanking can leave one a bit numb.

I remember my first caning, it was with bbc boy and was in the very same premises that I now use all the time.

I had been sent an assortment of canes and began with my favorite senior dragon, which has been so well used now.

I practised on a very patient bottom (after having practised copiously on pillows) and just caned and caned to my hearts content. Did I get wraparound - YES, did I miss hit - NO (thanks to the pillows) Did I enjoy - Hell YES.

With hindsight.some of us who are into serious CP may wish that our first session had been harder. But as newbies it probably pays to begin more gently and discover our limits and pain threshold. Starting with a full-blooded caning could easily put a beginner off for life.