What's the correct transliteration of ~"yao mae"?


I've heard a martial arts Sensei use a phrase that sounds to my English ears
like "yow may", I think in context (at the end of a teaching, when it was time
to practice he would clap his hands and then say this) meaning something like
"let's go" or "to the front". What's the proper/standard spelling of this
phrase when you transliterate it to Latin characters?




**What you are referring to does indeed sound like (止め) or Yame!!** A lot
times (止め) or "stop", is used in some sort of practice like baseball (少年野球)
,budou (武道) and other sports.

In a competition, Judo for example this is what is said.

> Before initial match. 『まて』、『そのまま』 『Wait』、『stay』
>
> Re-start of match and during the match. 『はじめ』, 『よし』 『Start』, 『resume』
>
> At the end of the match 『それまで』 『Stop』Not the literal translation, that would
> be 『Until then or the end』

Although (止め) is used quite a lot during pratice it is not said in a
tournament.

Not sure if that helps you any?




**What you are referring to does indeed sound like (止め) or Yame!!** A lot
times (止め) or "stop", is used in some sort of practice like baseball (少年野球)
,budou (武道) and other sports.

In a competition, Judo for example this is what is said.

> Before initial match. 『まて』、『そのまま』 『Wait』、『stay』
>
> Re-start of match and during the match. 『はじめ』, 『よし』 『Start』, 『resume』
>
> At the end of the match 『それまで』 『Stop』Not the literal translation, that would
> be 『Until then or the end』

Although (止め) is used quite a lot during pratice it is not said in a
tournament.

Not sure if that helps you any?

