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  1. The four elemental bending arts are based on the four classical elements, water, earth, fire, and air, each being manipulated through certain martial art styles that are reminiscent of the qualities of the element itself.

  2. Feb 21, 2024 · Learn about the four main bending types in the animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender: fire, earth, water, and air. Discover the unique abilities and subtypes of each bending, such as bloodbending, metalbending, and energybending.

  3. Jan 12, 2021 · The showrunners of Avatar: The Last Airbender chose to use four elements (earth, water, fire, air) based on ancient element-based philosophies from around the world. They avoided the five-element theory from Wuxing, an ancient Chinese philosophy, to keep the show simple and universal.

  4. Feb 26, 2024 · Learn how the four elements of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air are controlled by benders in the fantasy show \"Avatar: The Last Airbender\". Discover the martial arts, mythology, and culture behind each bending style and its variations.

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    • Airbending. Subtypes: Airballs, Air tunnels, Flight. The Air Nomads, as the name implies, are nomadic and have four temples located around the world. As an extremely spiritual culture based loosely on Buddhist monks (including philosophies from both Tibetan and Hindu culture), it is no surprise that their element is air.
    • Waterbending. Subtype: Bloodbending. Based loosely on the indigenous Arctic tribes and nations, the Water Tribe is split into two factions, the North and the South, both at opposite poles.
    • Earthbending. Subtypes: Sand and Metalbending. The Earth Kingdom is loosely based on Imperial China and is the largest nation of the four, consisting of several colonies, clans, and cities, each one distinct.
    • Firebending. Subtypes: Lightning Generation, Combustion. Based loosely on East Asian cultures like Imperial Japan, the Fire Nation values strength, innovation, respect for elders, and the arts.
  5. Firebending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the pyrokinetic ability to control and produce fire. It is unique among the bending arts, as it is the only one in which the performer can generate the element.

  6. Learn how the Avatar symbols represent the four bending arts of fire, water, earth and air, and their associated nations and seasons. Discover the unique features, skills and styles of each bending form, and the fifth bending art of energybending.

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