Splitting the bamboo
M/F · Vaginal penetration · Penetrating partner on top
Keypoint template
Attributes
- Position family
- One-on-one
- Primary act
- Vaginal penetration
- Partner arrangement
- Penetrating partner on top
- Penetration type
- Vaginal
- Facing
- Face to face
- Dynamics
- Thrusting
- Support / surface
- Flat surface / bed
- Participant count
- Two
- Composition code
- M/F
- Source medium
- Illustrative
- Physical difficulty
- Moderate
- Prevalence in adult media
- Occasional
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: A Kama Sutra classic: the receiving partner raises one leg to the penetrating partner's shoulder while the other stays extended, the legs alternating like splitting bamboo.
Variations: The raised leg held at the ankle; slow alternation between legs as the position's defining motion.
On camera: Profile framing reads the asymmetric leg split.
AI design considerations: One raised and one extended leg on the supine figure — the asymmetry distinguishes it from legs-on-shoulders.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals & erotic literature
- Venudaritaka (splitting of a bamboo)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
The alternating raised leg is Vatsyayana's own image.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.