Well in that case we could be referring to topping or Dominating or Mastering a submissive. It would totally depend on the dynamic of the couple.

My first real life scene was with my first submissive, and was a flogging scene. There I learned how to actually flog. It was far from erotic, or intense or anything else amazing. What it was however was a great learning base to start from. I've used what I learned there in all my scenes since then.