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Airbending is a mystical martial art practiced by the Air Nomads. As members of the Air Nomads race, Airbenders, as the practitioners are called, are heirs to the aerokinetic ability to control currents of air. Its season is autumn, and more Airbenders were born in this season than any other.




Origin

Source: Air
Learned From: Flying Bisons

It is said that Airbenders first learned their bending from the Flying Bison, a sacred creature in the Air Nomads' culture. The Bison typically use their massive beaver-like tail to create gusts of wind, and as the name suggests, can fly without any visible means of propulsion. It is also said that the Airbenders had borrowed the arrow mark from the Flying Bison for their tattoos. These tattoos symbolize a person's mastery of the Airbending art, and are given to a practitioner once their training is complete. Unlike other nations, all Air Nomads are born airbenders.




Fighting Style/Levels

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Special Techniques
Gliding: Although all Airbenders can levitate or extend jumps via Airbending, most if not all Airbenders possess a glider for mid range flight. These hand crafted portable wood and canvas structures can collapse into a staff for storage and as an aid when bending. In glider form it is used in conjunction with bending to fly as long as the bender has the strength to maintain the air currents. With stronger winds multiple people can be carried for short distances. As a normal staff, it can be used as a weapon in battle, to aid in bending, and even as a levitation aid when spun above the head like a helicopter propeller.

Air Scooter: The Air Scooter, a form of ground transportation invented by Aang himself, is a spherical "ball" of air that can be ridden balancing on it like a top. He has used the technique in many episodes, usually to provide quick bursts of speed as well as to overcome vertical surfaces, including in The Drill in order to scale the wall of Ba Sing Se. The Air Scooter is also shown to be capable of levitating in the air for short periods.

Amplification: In, "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", Aang is shown blowing into his whistle and sending a high frequency sound wave through Ba Sing Sae to round up the animals. It may be possible for airbenders to control sound because sound waves travels through air. This technique is very similar to the Breath of Wind. It is possible that Aang used this in "The Firebending Masters" when he and Zuko were stuck in the goo in the golden egg room. Those might be examples of soundbending.

Cloudbending: In, "The Fortuneteller", it's shown that (because clouds are made with air and water) a skilled Airbender or Waterbender can manipulate them easily to create various shapes (used in that instance to provide a message to nearby villagers).





*Airbending is the only art that has no specific sub-skill or specialized form that has as of yet been revealed.*
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