In the episode the great divide the tour guide says sense his arms a broken he can't earthbend but toph can easily bend using just her feet so do you think the guide is a earthbending master or not please let me know thank you
It is a fair assumption to say that you can get the most utility from bending using your arms and hands. but as we see with pretty much every element, one can bend just as good without their hands. so yeah, it probably just means he's not that good.
Also we see building benders, similar to the tour guide. he isn't much primed to fight
