Talk:Amon/@comment-12.118.38.50-20120331234543/@comment-4963341-20120401012457

Energy bending is not actually anti-bending. The way Aang used it was to strip Ozai of his bending, but that's not the only ability or function of energy bending (if it was, that would be kind of lame). The Lionturtle claimed that, before the avatar, they bent not the elements, but the energy within themselves (which invokes images of Dragonball Z stlye ki blasts and such). Energy bending has the ability to bend the energy of another, but this is strongly implied to be only one use of a much broader art form.

So yes, energy bending is bending, the most ancient and pure form of bending, which could make Amon, if he is energy bending, a HUGE hypocrite since not only is he using bending to strip other benders of their powers, but he is using the most pure form of bending to do it. I doubt Amon could have remained leader of an organization against bending if he were so obviously a bender himself.