Talk:Bending arts/@comment-180.193.70.239-20120713002731/@comment-174.117.228.120-20120713235952

The reason why the avatar can bend all four elements is because of the avatar spirit, the avatar is the person, but also the spirit inside that is enabling the person to bend all four elements to maintain balance. this spirit does not run down from family, but instead in a cycle, air, water, earth, fire. For example, the avatar before Aang was Roku, Aang was born an air bender, and Roku a fire bender, before Roku was Kyoshi an earth bender, and before that was Kuruk, a water bender. Hope this helps!