Talk:Bending Arts/@comment-41.220.69.5-20101128152614/@comment-3068994-20110121053801

No; bending is based on many factors, spirituality is one of them. The exact factors were never laid out by Bryan & Mike.

But no. Someone from the Fire Nation would not magically learn how to Airbend by practicing "enlightening" acts. They would either be a Firebender or a non-bender, if their lineage involved only Firebenders.