Avatar: The Last Airbender was an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005-2008. It was set in an Asian-influenced world of Martial Arts and elemental manipulation. The show drew on elements from East Asian, South Asian, and Western culture, making it a mixture of anime andUS domestic cartoons. The martial arts depicted were based on four different Chinese martial arts. Fire bending was based on Northern Shaolin Kung Fu; water bending was based on Tai Chi; air bending was based on Ba Gua (or the Circle Fighters); and earth bending was based on Hung Gar Kung Fu.
As for training, you can not really learn martial arts from a website. If you really want to learn Chinese martial arts, it should be easy to find a school that teaches either Northern Shaolin Kung Fu (which is what Jet Li studied), or Tai Chi. Ba Gua and Hung Gar Kung Fu are less popular. Check out the Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: http://www.northernshaolinacademy.com/new/NsaSiteIntro.asp, and then check your local yellow pages to find a school near you.
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