Talk:Amon/@comment-1413089-20120513032624/@comment-1413089-20120513042429

Amon could easily be Tenzin's age or even as young as 40. Where on earth are you getting the idea he'd have to be eighty? The Legend of Korra is only 70 years after the original series. Korra is only 17, so not that long ago Aang was quite alive.

Amon had to learn energybending somehow he uses the same pose as Aang did. Benders originally learned the art of bending by observing the animal benders, bison, dragons, moles or in the case of waterbenders the moon.

First hand experience of having your own bending taken away would be a logical step in learning how to do it yourself. I find it more likely he learned it that way than being touched by the same Lion Turtle.