Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-174.231.130.138-20130127222132/@comment-5188977-20130219015335

We have seen instances when airbenders use the air in their lungs to perform some feats, like cooling down magma in the case of both Aang and Roku. Airbenders being capable of forcibly extracting air from another person's lungs, although theoretically possible, is highly unlikely due to the philosophy of the Air Nomads. The same philosophy that prevents airbenders from actively teaching (or even premeditated creation of) fatal or "finishing" airbending techniques would also prevent them from even thinking about extracting another person's breath.