Talk:Airbending/@comment-1294345-20130406162640/@comment-172.220.237.94-20130501212556

It has been stated that to get your tattoos you have to master the 36 teirs of airbending and invent a new move. Because Aang made a new move before he mastered the 36th teir he got his tattoos early. He still had to master the 36th teir when he ran away.