Talk:Amon/@comment-71.163.33.13-20120401003637/@comment-4963341-20120401011915

I personally am more inclined to think that he is using an advanced chi blocking technique rather than energy bending. The points he touches are the points touched on Ozai that's true, but those points to coincide with two of the chakras in the human body; the heart chakra and the light chakra. Those two could, if shut down, possible negate bending. Aang touched those points when he energy bended Ozai, the Lionturtle touched those points on Aang. Amon could have learned that those chi points on the body have special significance to bending and, taking that knowledge and his knowledge of chi-blocking, developed a unique chi-blocking technique that shuts down bending similar to energy bending. That would allow Amon to strip people of their bending without him hypocritically being able to bend himself, since I would think the lightshow given off by energy bending might be a dead giveaway to Amon's fellow non-benders that Amon is, in fact, bending.

This is speculation of course, and it is certainly possible that he IS energy bending, but the next logical question is why he can energy bend, and more importantly HOW he learned it and if this makes him a bender or not. It being a chi-blocking technique makes more sense for his character, so that seems the most likely possibility to me.