Talk:Chi blocking/@comment-5140996-20120527202556

I bet that chi blocking is light energy bending. Energy bending is the oldest bending that there is, right? So over time the bloodline for it got mixed around so much that everyone has the potential for it, but the power is very diluted. The Avatar is the only energy bender because they are the master of all four elements, only there aren't four, there are five. That means they wouldn't have to worry about bloodlines. This would explain why chi blockers can block chi through light armor; it's not the punches that really count, it's the subconcious energy bending. Hardly any are powerful enough to get through special armor like Li Bei Fong's.