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Bringing this topic off page 3 because I asked my sensei why we don't do this tonight, and he told me.
Apparently if you're moving your hand down hard enough to help you complete the motion, you're actually doing something that's bad for your back. He said 40 year old guys can't kick like that anymore.
Also, keeping your hands still will keep your muscles better connected.
It would make sense, we do see MMA fighters retiring around that age.
I'm thinking that competitive MMA fighters who are in a ring/cage with an opponent wearing 4oz gloves throwing punches/elbows/knees/TD's etc........ have a bit more to be concerned with in terms of physical damage than whether or not the swinging arm could be bad for their back and keep them out of the ring in there 40's......?:icon_neut
I am guessing there much more likely to be damaged by the guy punching, kicking, elbowing them, than they are by not ensuring proper muscle ailignment on their kicks to "take it easy" on their lower back
If that is the "major" concern, yoga is probably a more suitable option than kickboxing or MMA.