Turtle Rises
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
- Illustrative
- Physical difficulty
- Moderate
- Prevalence in adult media
- Occasional
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: The receiving partner's knees are pushed up against the chest and the penetrating partner kneels above, the whole lower body drawn into a compact fold. The Nine Ways text pairs it with a warning about depth, since the fold shortens the passage considerably.
Variations: Knees pressed by the partner's chest or held by hand, feet crossed at the ankles, and the hips lifted or left down.
On camera: A tight silhouette that suits close framing. In a wide shot the folded body occupies very little of the frame and the position loses its impact.
AI design considerations: Maximum hip and knee flexion with the thighs against the ribs. The distinguishing detail against the crab embrace is that the partner's weight, rather than the receiving partner's arms, holds the fold.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals, erotic art & literature · full timeline →
- Turtle RisesChinese (Han dynasty tradition) →
Su Nü Jing (Classic of the Plain Girl) — attributed to the Plain Girl dialogues with the Yellow Emperor · c. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE; preserved in the Japanese Ishimpō (984 CE)
Fifth of the Nine Ways: the knees drawn up against the chest.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.