Q&A: Yee Jee Kim Yeung Ma Mechanics
Rene Ritchie, May 4th, 2008
What’s the bio mechanics involved with using the Yee Ji kim Yeung Ma as moving horse (yee ma)?
Yee ma, like all other horses, is derived from and extends YJKYM, so the body mechanics are the same, only used for propulsion rather than stabilization.
When doing yee ma, you propel your body by pushing off the rear foot? Or do you step with the front foot then drag the rear foot up?
My understanding is that the Kim in Kim Yeung Ma represents clamping or compression, so if we imagine two equal stabilizers being drawn together, the moment stability is changed in one, it is equalized again by the other.
Likewise, I lift one leg, the released compression propels me, and then the other leg is drawn after (though it would admittedly be funnier if the first leg merely snapped back, rubber band style, like it would in some cartoon world!)
How does the YJKYM best generate/ delivers power for the hit?
“Best” depends on the individual, I use it as a way to hold the hammer of my body before I drive the nail of my fist.
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