Talk:Amon/@comment-5082014-20121214074210/@comment-3467624-20121215011455

Well, here's my theory to how Amon could take bending: Healing works by "redirecting chi throughout the body, using water as a catalyst", right? I think taking bending with bloodbending uses a similar system.

The Light Chakara, located on the center of the forehead (where Amon hits), deals with illusion; and more specifically, the illusion of the separation of the elements. I think that bloodbending completly screws up the chi paths at the Light Chakara, "separating" benders from their bending. Energybending bends the chi path back to normal.

So, to answer your question, Katara couldn't just use bloodbending to fix what Amon had done because,

Well that's my theory anyways
 * 1) She hasn't used bloodbending in a loooooong time, so she'd be rusty and probably hurt Korra
 * 2) It's like trying to put a piece of paper back exactly how it was before you tore it to shreds. Not possible... without special magic or something. In this case, it the special "something" was energybending