Talk:Bumi (King of Omashu)/@comment-4885978-20120715142211/@comment-5176024-20120726232142

Huh, I guess I should watch that episode again. My memory's a little rusty.

I guess you're right. But maybe Bumi thought somebody was even more skilled with neutral jing than he was or skilled in such a way that he wasn't (since there's no proof of him having seismic sense). He did want Aang to be well-trained and prepared for his battle with Ozai, and the seismic sense that Toph taught him came in handy. And despite Bumi being "a mad genius", I don't think he would have ever thought to blindfold Aang during training. I think Bumi was a very "human-form" earthbender, while Toph was a more "badgermole-form" earthbender. Toph's style was more rooted in the source while Bumi's was humanly refined. I'll admit both could have their advantages and disadvantages.

While that is true in some cases, in this case, it wouldn't be. They're both talented earthbenders. However, in all the time it took Bumi to be great at one earthbending technique, Toph would have been just great in much less time.