Specialized Bending Techniques (Avatar)

this video was made in collaboration with the avatar wiki if you'd like to learn more check out the link in the description [Music] specialized bending techniques specialized bending techniques are sub skills that exist within each of the four bending arts of which only skilled benders can take advantage each sub-skill requires a different level of mastery over the root element from which it is derived as its practice often deviates from conventional bending in some cases the execution of a technique also requires an understanding of fundamental principles from other bending arts the creation of a specialized bending technique can sometimes be traced to a specific time period or even an individual bender this is often the case when the technique has emerged relatively recently and is still contained to a select group of skilled benders in other cases the technique may have emerged in the distant past and has become more or less synonymous with conventional bending even if its practice is still not widespread due to for example the high skill level required welcome to the amagi in today's video we're going over the specialized bending techniques in avatar before we begin we publish a new video every day so be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos blood bending blood bending is a specialized sub skill and a rare variant of water bending this technique is referred to as the highest level of water bending recognized as the darkest and deadliest of all specialized techniques it was discovered by hama during her imprisonment at a facility designed to detain waterbenders who realized that all living organisms contain water the practice of blood bending essentially allows a user to manipulate the water inside another body allowing control over a victim's individual movements given its extreme nature only a handful of waterbenders have demonstrated the ability to bloodbend due to the complex and sophisticated nature of the technique it can typically be performed only during a full moon when a waterbender's power is at its absolute peak following the formation of republic city the efforts of katara saw bloodbending declared illegal due to its dangerous nature yukon tarlock and amman were the only known waterbenders capable of bloodbending without the aid of the full moon however they are also the only ones known to have extensively and rigorously trained in the art yukon and amman were also the only waterbenders known to be capable of psychic blood bending which allows a blood bender to telepathically control their victim with limited movement as an extremely powerful and gifted waterbender amman was able to use blood bending to take bending away by severing active chi paths healing healing is a special ability possessed by some waterbenders that enables them to heal those who have been wounded including themselves this is accomplished by drawing upon the life-giving properties of water which are used to heal numerous types of physical wounds and illnesses healing can also alleviate certain types of stress caused by mental strain though the technique is effective in many contexts it is limited in scope for example healing is ineffective in treating birth defects such as tof beifong's blindness or the complications associated with princess uh's birth in most instances healing is also ineffectual when treating scars or fatal injuries katara was unable to heal the internal injuries sustained by jet in his duel with long fang healing can also be used to detect certain areas in the body where chief low is blocked as displayed by katara when she sensed the energy locked within eng's chakra during a healing session that said healing cannot undo a blockage to a bender's chi moreover it cannot restore bending after it has been severed through blood bending even if the healer is proficient in the technique's practice the healing abilities of a waterbender can also be affected by water that they use water from the spirit oasis has special properties that can heal wounds otherwise unaffected by regular water such as the fatal wounds and sustained at the hands of azula during their battle spirit bending spirit bending is a variation of the healing technique which allows the user to instill a balance or an imbalance within spirits it was invented by unilak who successfully taught it to korra to perform the technique a waterbender encircles the spirit with a thin stream of water which begins to glow when the technique is taking effect when used to change a spirit's negative energy into positive energy the water followed by the spirit will begin to glow a golden light at which point the spirit dissipates or assumes a pacified form when the technique is used to change positive energy into negative energy the water and spirit emanate a purple light when used against humans the variation has the potential to destroy their souls however the technique has not been proven to be effective against spirit vines when cora attempted to use it on the vines that had infested republic city it dispersed them only momentarily before they surged back even stronger than before lava bending lava bending is a rare technique that involves the manipulation of molten rock the first known user of lava bending was setso who used it to cause the simultaneous eruption of four small volcanoes centuries later kiyoshi utilized the technique to split her peninsula from the earth kingdom mainland roku used lava bending on three different occasions in 55 bg he caused a volcano to erupt at the fire temple on crescent island in 12 bg he employed this technique while working with sozen to save his home island and in 99 a.g he used lava bending to destroy the fire temple during the winter solstice skilled earth benders such as gazan are also capable of performing the technique using lava bending gazan was able to form shuriken-like lava projectiles that are capable of burning through several mediums create trails of molten rock to attack his opponents and otherwise manipulate lava with great dexterity bolin discovered his aptitude for the skill while he mako asami and tenzin were escaping from the northern air temple metal bending metal bending is a special set of techniques within earth bending that allows an earthbender to indirectly bend processed metals by manipulating the trace amounts of regular earth in them much as they would bend regular earth the ability was discovered and later perfected by tof bae fong through the use of seismic sense toff was able to perceive target and eventually utilize the trace amounts of earth present in refined metal in order to bend the metal itself as the technique involves the manipulation of impurities within metal pure metals such as platinum cannot be bent after the hundred year war toff opened the baifong metal bending academy to share her knowledge of the technique with the rest of the world her efforts eventually led to the establishment of republic city's metal-bending police force later toff's youngest daughter suyin beifong founded zaofu a city made entirely of metal with the majority of its inhabitants practicing metal bending seismic sense seismic sense is the unique ability to perceive an environment by feeling acute vibrations through the ground similar to sonar and echo location seismic sense enables the practitioner to detect earthen objects and objects in contact with earth when out of sight the technique provides a specific map of the user's surroundings detailed enough so that a blind person such as tofbe fong can navigate effortlessly it can also be used to detect when someone is lying by feeling their heart and breathing rates through the earth badger moles the original earthbenders used seismic sense as an innate substitute for eyesight and this technique was adopted by toff after she observed the badger molds that lived in the mountains surrounding gao ling in combination with metal bending this technique can also be applied to metallic surfaces combustion bending combustion bending is a form of telekinetic fire bending it consists of the ability to channel qi through the forehead often marked by an intricate third eye tattoo superheating the surrounding air and producing a beam of explosive energy capable of immense damage both in short and long range unlike conventional fire bending which produces a flame from the body the technique instead creates a powerful beam that explodes upon contact with a solid surface combustion bending can instantaneously evaporate large bodies of water shatter massive rock formations and counter fire attacks as demonstrated by combustion man when he stopped zuko's fire shield during a brief altercation in the western air temple police also demonstrated that it is possible to curve the beams combustion bending requires good qi flow and a properly calibrated focus in order to be effective as disrupting it can have fatal consequences as demonstrated when saka hit combustion man's third eye tattoo with his boomerang despite superheating the air directly around the practitioner the technique does not appear to harm the user unless the explosion occurs in the immediate vicinity if a combustion vendor uses this skill and the firebeam explodes too close to the user of the skill it could prove fatal such as when police combustion beam was contained within a makeshift box made from suyin beifong's armor causing the explosion to occur just centimeters away from her head or when combustion man was unable to control his ability and blew his right arm and leg off there have only been two known practitioners of this technique namely combustion man and pulley lightning generation lightning generation is a sub skill of fire bending that allows a firebender to produce and guide a bolt of lightning from their fingertips physically generating lightning involves a circular motion with the arms mentally it involves a complete absence of emotion as well as a peace of mind thus allowing an individual to separate the energies of yin and yang also interpreted as positive and negative electrical potential respectively when the forces collide the bender guides rather than controls the lightning's direction this process is taxing on a bender's chi reserves due to its complexity lightning attacks usually take a much longer time to initiate than standard fire attacks that said certain firebenders including ozai lightning bolt zolt and mako are able to generate lightning at extremely high speeds the electric arc produced by this technique can be maintained for several seconds during which time the lightning can be swept about to produce widespread damage the charge and thus the damage of a lightning strike can be regulated as mako was capable of firing a blast strong enough to incapacitate a mon but otherwise leave him unharmed prior to the end of the hundred year war only three firebenders were known to be capable of generating lightning azula ozai and iro however the use of the technique had become more common by 170 ag particularly in republic city where it was used to generate power for the industrial sector although still not widespread lightning redirection lightning redirection is a sub-skill of fire bending that allows a firebender to absorb lightning into their body as energy and release it in a more desirable direction the technique was developed by iro after he studied master waterbender's redirecting force rather than opposing it head-on the person redirecting it must create a pathway from their fingertip up the arm to the stomach and up and out the other arm it is essential that the lightning passes through the stomach because if the lightning passes through the heart the effects could be fatal lightning can be successfully redirected regardless of whether the source is natural or generated prior to the end of the hundred year war only three individuals were known to be capable of redirecting lightning iro zuko and aang however knowledge of the skill had become more widespread throughout republic city by 170 ag mako used lightning redirection while battling a mecca tank during the battle for republic city using the technique to redirect an electric charge released by an electric grapple that the tank had fired flight flight also called weightlessness is a complex and extremely rare skill that has only ever been demonstrated by two known airbenders guru lahima and zaheer it was such a unique ability that it was believed to only exist in legends it is achievable through a complete denouncement of all earthly desires which results in true freedom zaheer was only able to fly after witnessing pulley his girlfriend die the principle behind flight is to become one with the wind mimicking its freedom from limitations and inhibitions in both the physical and mental sense once an airbender has embraced these principles they can fly and hover however the bender is still at the mercy of the surrounding environment as observed by zaheer being ensnared in a tornado created by genora and other airbenders while he tried to escape with korra spiritual projection spiritual projection is a complex technique that requires a heightened sense of spirituality allowing one's spirit to move through the physical realm in an intangible form unbound by a corporeal body in order to create a projection successfully a user must be in a silent environment free from distractions as the use of the technique requires immense focus spiritual projections allow users to explore their immediate surroundings bypassing physical barriers in different mediums to search through walls as well as underwater in addition the technique can also be used to locate specific individuals with whom the user has a strong connection by focusing on the bond between them genora is the only known practitioner of this technique spiritual projections are the most powerful during the time of increased spiritual energy in the atmosphere such as during harmonic convergence when used during these occasions spiritual projections can be maintained for longer periods of time and manifest more clearly resulting in more distinct apparitions did you enjoy the video be sure to tell us in the comments and make sure to subscribe and check out these other great videos from the amagi if you'd like to support me you can also subscribe to my personal channel see you guys tomorrow

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Length: 13min 52sec (832 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 27 2020