probably any of the 5 animal styles would sit well with mantis boxing.hung gar tiger and crane would also be a good combination with mantis boxing
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I would say swimming is very good for boxing. First of all, swimming is great exercise which improves your health in general. If you are more healthy you may do better in boxing. So, yes I would say swimming is good for boxing. I AM NOT AN EXPERT
I would a guess a praying mantis is a good camoflage artist.
That depends on what you mean by the future. Kick boxing can be a type of aerobics exercise with little actual relationship to fighting. Thai based kick boxing is an extremely effective fighting form that can be done professionally.
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There is no limits on strength, height, weight, etc. in learning martial arts. You can do any form of martial art. But there are certain things that different martial arts are better suited for. Such as northern praying mantis style kung fu is a good defensive system, particularly for catching your opponents attacks. But, its not much of an offensive one the only attacks I've seen used in it are gouging the eyes, but then again i don't know too much about it. But your size doesn't matter it's just whatever style you like to do.
If a boxer fought a mixed martial artist in mixed martial arts there is a pretty good chance of them loosing because of kicks, the clinch, knees, elbows, and the ground game. As for a mixed martial artist boxing a boxer, they would be sure to lose. Most mixed martial artists don't have the refined hands of a boxer because they must spend their time training on many other aspects of fighting. Boxers spend their whole time training their hands only.
You can use a number of styles in UFC, really almost anything goes. Ill advise Muay Thai which is Kick boxing with elbows and knees and some form of wrestling or Judo. Brazilian Jujitsu is very common allso. In my opinion if you don't have some Brazilian jujitsu under your belt you will be taken advantage over. Another few are wrestling which is mostly takedowns. Boxing is used a lot also. NOGI jiu jitsu. Judo is takedowns as well
I would think not as it is an enlightened state of being combined with the martial arts.
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Nothing good comes out of boxing except fame and if you're good enough... Money.
A good light weight boxing glove for a beginner would be Super Safety Training Gloves. The cost around $65.00. As far as tools are concerned, I would say you should just go to your local gym. A lot of gyms have boxing classes with everything you should need.