I thought each strike was by shaft part of the riding crop.
It should be difficult to hit impacting with flexible and soft part only , it's a small piece.
Honestly I also don't beleive that the dominas can hit exclusively with the small piece of leather...
BUt based on Zazie's reaction - she suddenly moves 10-20 inches - this was a real nasty one.
I think those are two different things: aiming to hit with the leather, and the shaft reaches the soles too, and definitely aiming to hit with the shaft, then the hit reaches from the side of the soles with huge impact, and that continues throughout the soles... Honestly this is ine thing I wouldn't try, nit even one stroke.
Based on accounts by the host, these hard bastinado strokes finish even with the most enduring male submissives....
If the girls ask in advance whether bastinado vs thighs, I used to advise to stay away from the bastinado...