Dancing Dragon



The Dancing Dragon is an ancient Firebending form employed by the ancient Sun Warriors, who learned it from the original Firebenders, the dragons.

History
When Zuko's Firebending weakened due to his having lost his original drive of capturing Aang, as well as his former rampant rage, the exiled prince and the Avatar traveled to the ruins of the ancient Sun Warrior civilization in order to learn the origins of Firebending; at the time, they believed that both the Sun Warriors and dragons were extinct. Aang and Zuko learned the technique by imitating statues they discovered in a certain locked room within the city. After performing the dance, they activated an ancient key mechanism which revealed a sacred Sunstone.

Aang and Zuko performed the move again when they were brought before Ran and Shaw, the last known members of their species, the dragons. Aang referred to this as dancing with the dragons. Ran and Shaw then deemed Aang and Zuko worthy to understand the true meaning of Firebending. It is possible that Iroh knows this form as well, because he too was deemed worthy by the dragons.

Zuko incorporated the Dancing Dragon into his fighting style, and it greatly improved his skills, even to the point where he was able to duel his sister on even terms.

According to Zuko, the form is thousands of years old.

Consistency


The Dancing Dragon is based on three types of attacks: low kicks, high punches or hits and double punches with both fists. In real life, the Dragon Dance is based off Northern Shaolin Kung-Fu. It is fierce, quick and very strong.

Trivia

 * The tenth and final move of the Dancing Dragon is reminiscent of the "Fusion" move in Dragon Ball Z.
 * Real "Dancing Dragons" can be seen during Chinese festivals.