As with a lot of fetishes, ballbusting originated in Japan in the late 90s. Videos and photos of the masochistic act of kicking guys where it really hurts started spreading around the world via the internet, at this time it was known by its Japanese name, Tamakeri.
Since then the phenomenon of testicle torture has become known as ballbusting or BB for short. Ballbusting is essentially impact play where force is applied to the balls usually by either a slap, punch, kick or knee to the groin.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact date when the fetish started but the earliest reference to ballbusting which still remains on the internet today is in a 2001 story posted to Literotica called '
Let's Play' by Mistress Linde. By the end of 2002 there were several ballbusting stories added to the newsgroup alt.sex.stories.
The initial growth in the popular of ballbusting can mostly be attributed to the websites
Velvet Kick and
Tamahimeden, the two original BB sites which launched in 1999. Velvet Kick closed down in 2012 but still produces and sells clips via
Clips4Sale and Tamahimeden went offline in 2004. Another early site was Kramtoad.com which launched in 2003 and shutdown around eight years later.
The demise of these original sites, who often produced fairly low quality content, made room for new, better quality ballbusting content producers including
Ballbusting World who have been producing femdom clips since 2004. Some other big names in the world of ballbusting online have been British Bitches, Vulneraballs and Kinkeri.co.jp, sadly all now shutdown.
However in 2006/2007 a new generation of porn sites started to appear online. Moving away from the traditional pay to view sites, the likes of XTube and Pornhub made adult videos free and accessible while making their money by selling advertising on their sites. These sites and their successors became home to many ballbusting video clips and eventually gave birth to sites like Ballbusting Tube, a dedicated ballbusting tube site.
Yet again, the internet moved on. Faster broadband connections and better home computers allowed users to produce their own homemade content and upload them to the tube sites. Social media made it easy for practicers of ballbusting to connect and social network sites were born which allowed kinksters to meet and talk about their fetishes.
FetLife, founded in 2008, is currently the biggest BDSM social network in the world, boasting over 2.5 million registered users. Smaller networks have also popped up including Kicked In The Groin, Ballbusting Social and London Ballbusting which was set up in 2013 to cater specifically for those with a ballbusting fetish in London, UK.
Of course, what starts online doesn't stay online. What once was a series of fetish videos from Japan is now a growing subculture and sexual practice. In turns out that for many kicking a guy in the balls or being kicked in the balls is just as enjoyable as watching it happen on a monitor, but why?
Ballbusting generally appeals to those with dominant or submissive traits and is practiced for sexual stimulation by heterosexual and homosexual couples.
For women it's probably due to the fact that they see testicles as a vulnerability in the opposite sex, the sex which traditionally is said to be superior in terms of physical strength, yet one swift kick in the balls and things seem much more equal. Usually one would show empathy to another in pain but as females don’t know what it is liked to be hurt in this way, she is unable to put herself in the place of the victim and instead enjoys the feelings of power associated with ballbusting.
In men, the experience is as much psychological as it is physical. A lot of the arousal comes from the act of submitting to a female, being vulnerable and open to pain at her whim. The physical effects of testicular pain can also produce a sexual high, when in pain we produce endorphins, our body’s natural painkiller. These neurotransmitters in the brain can heighten a normal sexual high. So, busting does make you feel good!
Despite its now apparent popularity, unlike some other fetishes, ballbusting has yet to enter popular culture. There are often news reports of bondage acts which have gone wrong or tales of MPs indulging in “seedy” acts with mistress in dungeons around London but never has a ballbusting story made mainstream news or movie plots.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that ballbusting isn’t as harmful as it might seem. When practiced sensibly between two consenting adults, ballbusting is reasonably safe. The testicle can take a surprising amount of trauma, however doctors have advised against this practice saying it could have longterm effect.
Over the years several adult movie stars have become known for their roles in ballbusting videos, probably the best known ballbusting porn stars are Mika Tan, Lady Cheyenne, Mistress Aie, Roxanne Rae, Kendra James, Goddess Brianna Nikki Whiplash and Mistress Elise.
