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In each nation, certain people, known as "benders" (waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders, and airbenders), have the ability to telekinetically manipulate and control the element corresponding to their nation, using gestures based on Chinese martial arts. The "Avatar" is the only individual with the ability to bend all four elements.
Earthbending: Earthbending is the martial art Toph teaches Aang in the series, which is based on Chinese martial arts techniques of Hung Ga and Southern Praying Mantis. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 60 ] [ 57 ] [ 61 ] Earthbending represents the element of substance. [ 58 ]
Toph is recognized as a prodigy [4] of earthbending, which is the ability to telekinetically manipulate, reshape and control stone, sand, dirt, and, later, metal. Because she was born blind, and her parents believed that her condition limited her capacity to learn and use the skill safely, they had a tutor teach her only basic earthbending.
The character Toph Beifong from Avatar: The Last Airbender uses a unique style of earthbending, based on the Chu Gar style Southern Praying Mantis. More usual earthbending is instead based on the Hung Ga style.
She befriends a firebending and earthbending pair of brothers, Mako and Bolin, and the industrial heiress Asami Sato, and contends with a series of political upheavals, including a rising anti-bending movement, a civil war in the Water Tribes, an anarchist conspiracy, and the rise of an authoritarian government in the Earth Kingdom.
Spoilers below for season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix.. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024-) is no Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008), but neither is it (mercifully) The Last ...
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The Last Airbender is a live-action film based on the first season of the animated television series and had a theatrical release on July 1, 2010. The film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan , [ 36 ] [ 37 ] was universally panned by critics, audiences and fans of the series alike and grossed $319 million on a $150 million budget.