Originally posted by vanillaslave
From what i understand about old school Dom training, it seemed to be the norm for Doms to begin D/s training ( a somewhat formal training i imagine) to begin with the Dom as a submissive.
I do not know what would be considered 'old school Dom training' and I know a few doms who would be against the very idea of ever subbing to anyone else, but the whole concept sounds very sensible to me.
Sure, dear doms, it would not be in your character to, let us say, submitt to a flogging, but how could you possibly know how to effectibly apply the whip if you have no idae if what your sub is going through?
Big question. Would a dom that undergoes such training still be considered a dom or a switch?
Although I am definitely a sub and a deeply masochistic one at that, I have to say that my experience under the rod was very useful the few times I was asked or forced to apply the whip to someone else.