Crab Embrace
M/F · Vaginal penetration · Kneeling
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Keypoint template
Attributes
- Position family
- One-on-one
- Primary act
- Vaginal penetration
- Partner arrangement
- Kneeling
- Penetration type
- Vaginal
- Facing
- Face to face
- Dynamics
- Thrusting
- Support / surface
- Flat surface / bed
- Participant count
- Two
- Composition code
- M/F
- Source medium
- Both
- Physical difficulty
- Moderate
- Prevalence in adult media
- Occasional
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: Both of the receiving partner's legs are contracted and held tight against the stomach while the penetrating partner kneels into the resulting gap. The classical name comes from the folded limb shape rather than any movement.
Variations: Knees held wide or squeezed together, the penetrating partner taking the ankles in one hand, or the receiving partner clasping behind the knees to hold the fold without help.
On camera: A deep-angle position that reads best low and close. The folded body compresses into a small area of frame, so wide shots waste most of the picture.
AI design considerations: Extreme hip and knee flexion with the thighs pinned to the torso. The pelvis rotates up, and the lower spine should curve rather than stay flat against the surface.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals, erotic art & literature · full timeline →
- Karkata (the crab's position)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
Both legs contracted and held against the stomach.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.