Just a couple newbie Questions.

Okay so I have 2 questions. First off, I’m trying to retarget maxiamo animations to the mannequin in 4.9. My problem is that maxiamo sits in a perfect T pose while the mannequin in 4.9 has his arms down a bit sof all animations have offset arms.

My other questions is in maya. How can i make the last frame of one animation the first of another? Trying to make a sword swing and I don’t want it starting with a t pose so I’m trying to make the idle animation the first frame and then make it go from there. Any help is appreciated, thanks!