Talk:Earthbending/@comment-4220745-20120123143355/@comment-76.24.189.176-20120206062224

^ Much of that was at least partially right. But as a black belt in Karate I can tell you that as a whole Karate would fit very nicely with earthbending. I made the comparison myself. And remember bending is based off of real world martial arts. While some things involving the element are different, much of the strengths and weaknesses of the martial art basis still apply. While there are different styles of Karate, my point was the majority of it was well suited to earthbending. I thought it would be better suited to Hung Gar, partially based off how it related in real life to use a basis for how it might relate in earthbender terms, but also by comparing the individual styles directly to how they relate (or would relate) to earth bending. Much of karate is strong and rigid enough to fit earthbending, and save the flying kicks and stuff (there is actually less of that in most styles of Karate than most other martial arts) it is actually mostly rooted to the ground. I just feel that overall it would work better for earthbending than the traditional Hung Gar style. Again, as a black belt I feel I'm qualified to make that comparison rather confidently. At the very least, I'm qualified enough to see how well Karate could fit earthbending.