It was sokka all along he was teaching him how to backbend

Toph methods were exactly what Aang needed.

To give credit to Zuko once he sorted his own shit out, the amount that he was able to teach and have Aang actually understand and do was pretty impressive.

This isn’t really a competition. You’re comparing three kids to an adult, whose job it was to teach.

Toph she taught him seismic sense, earth is the opposite so it’s the hardest to learn, and he utilizes earth bending a lot in his battles. Her teaching methods were rough in the brining but that’s what he needed and she never resorted to being soft and neglecting her ways.

Katara was actually a pretty good teacher after she trained with master Pakku. With proper teaching she became very good at it quickly, while Aang lacked the focus to do so. She taught him well after they left the Northern water tribe and she was more experienced.

He became an airbending master by inventing the air scooter technique, the main way to get your tats as a air bender is to invent a move or master many others

Considering that these were teenagers teaching each other techniques that usually take years, if not decades, to master, they did exceptionally well in teaching him. Putting their ages aside, they were also seasoned in combat, often against much older and more experienced opponents. They also spent all their time with Aang and learned from each other to learn how to tailor the lessons so that Aang in particular could learn. These are techniques that real teachers use, even though they did not know that. Yes, Toph is brutal, Zuko had a lot on his plate, and Katara was more of a self-taught, intermediate tutor than a teacher, but they all overcame those shortcomings and still managed to get Aang skilled and strong enough to take on the Firelord on his own.

Respect to Jeong Jeong, he taught Ang how dangerous bending can be. It's so criminal how the show just forgot about this guy

Lionturtle be like: Am I a joke to you?

It had to been toph and aang agreed she was a good teacher he was just caught up in his air bending ways/lifestyle even he said that the opposite of air is earth he was to fragile and scared to move the rock but he had to be strong and bold to move it

True but as they said in ATLA, your opposing nations element is difficult to learn which for air is Earth so it makes sense

Sokka better that all 4 of them he taught aang backbending

Are we forgetting that Katara was the best in Paku's class? Sure, Aang was a prodigy bht Katara overmastered him QUICK. She still became his master.

Gyatso was probably the best but I think Zuko was actually a close second after the dragons. He was a mixture between firm and soft and understood struggling with fire where Katara was way too soft in her teaching and Toph didnt seem to understand how Aang could struggle with the element

Sokka was the greatest teacher who taught aang how rizzbend 🤫🧏🏻‍♂️

One of the best?! Boy she is the best fvcking earth bender

*Jon Jon left the chat*

Toph is the best earth bender let’s get that straight

Are we forgetting the dragons which tought Aang and Zuko the true meaning of firebending.

The logic for why they arent great teachers makes zero sense seeing as the bending discaplines is a lifelong learning adventure, so to speak

I think you all forgot the man who taught him back bending Not to mention there's a arrow pointing at him at the beginning of the video

The white lotus member he met that was willing to teach him fire bending but when Aang rushed it too much and ended up burning Katara. He refused to teach Aang knowing the dangers. He was the wisest teacher if not the best

feel like they all did a good job on the kid's teaching

Erm actually I think it’s soka because he taught him back bending

First of all, Katara was more skilled in waterbending than aang in the end. Second of all, you arent counting the dragons, Jeong Jeong or Pakku as teachers?

I think he could have learned a ton for Jong Jong if he would have listened to him and not burned katara

I would say zuko he teached aang how to balance lightbend

Wtf do you mean katara never really taught Aang?

What about jonjon how how what his name was? Older fire bending dude?

It's true mink giyatso is the best😢😢

I think that was a given because monk yatso was the only one who was actually a teacher

Bro forgot Paku and Jeong Jeong.

"the youngesy airbendending master ever" Jinora: *gets it an entire year younger than Aang*

Aang is the second youngest airbending master with Jinora in First 🥇🥇

Don't forget Sokka taught him the element of ladies

We should have started with Gyatso, it would have made the video super short.

Zuko taught Anng complex fire bending and how to redirect lightning in a couple of weeks

Apart from the monk it's Seriously katara she really helped aang alot. If it wasn't for her aang would've died at the end of season 2. I will recommend that you should rewatch the series😊

Toph taught aang an element which was the hardest for him and made it one of his most used elements

The greatest teacher was himself. (Yes I liked my own comment)

You're forgetting the dragons..

I agree about Gyatso but Aang only surpassed Katara momentarily then she excelled more than him while training with Master Pakku in the Northern Water tribe. Katara was so much better that she could have defeated Azula early if Zuko hadn’t decided to fight alongside Azula in the episode where Ba Sing Se was being taken over. Meanwhile Aang that episode was thinking he needed to use the Avatar state to take her down (before the dai li got involved with the fight and he was forced to use it)

I would like to point out that Katara taught him water bending after the North Pole (when she became a master), we saw while she’s training that he had no attention skills and didn’t try very hard, but she got him where he needed to be in water bending quickly while on the run from the fire nation, she’s actually a really good teacher and gives tips to Toph. I’m not hating on Gyatso but he had 12 years to teach and air bending in an environment completely designed for air bending.

Lion turtle taught aang energy bending instantly

GYATso was his best teacher and best friend😊

They were all learning along side him which I think was the message 🥹

Toph taught Aang the hardest lessons he needed to learn, and for that reason alone she's his greatest teacher.

Lion-turtle was. Maybe, idk. He taught Aang a new form never used by any human before, just by simply touching him and said some proverb, idk.

Katara definitely taught him some waterbending during their private backbending sessions

Ive read through quite a few comments only spotting a couple mentioning the lion turtle. The Ancient One was definitely the best teacher, showing aang he could end the war and stay true to his air nomad morals.

"Water and Air bending styles are very similar" Korra: ...

Zuko best teacher ! He is angry, impatient, authoritarian, very hot-blooded and has very poor mental control. But yet, he is so sensitive and open-minded.

It’s Toph. Aang struggled mightily with Earth and she got him to become a proficient earthbender. Toph had the toughest challenge and succeeded

Bumi taught Aang how to think outside the box. If it wasn't for that, Aang wouldn't discover that he could take away Ozai's bending and would end up killing him instead, further escalating the problem.

The rock that poked his back 🤣🤣🤣

Honestly I get he was just saying the main teachers but I feel like there were so many more people teaching him more things as the story went on

Toph gave him one of the most important skills. With his seismic sense, he trapped Ozai while facing away from him.

It was the dragons. They were SO good at teaching, all they had to do was one single dance with them! After that, they both were practically master lvl fire benders

Katara helped him with everything. Staying calm, bending water. And he showed her how to have a little fun after a serious lesson 😊❤

I think it's most impressive that toph was able to teach Aang so quickly, considering it required an entire mindset change.

Bro forgot the master of backbending himself Sokka Aangs greatest teacher

That guy was a legend

One of my fav ppsw stories ever

Honestly, it’s Zuko. - He had very little time to teach him anything and had to relearn how to do it in the first place - He helped Aang overcome his fear of fire bending and understanding all aspects of it (very dangerous, energy, light, comes from the breath, etc…) - Aang shows how adept he is at it in the final showdown - Zuko also taught him to redirect lightning, which honestly saved his life even though he couldn’t strike back at Ozai - He knew about the sun warriors in the first place which made then go there - Finally, Zuko’s transformation taught Aang the importance of forgiveness and redemption (I know I’m grasping at straws here, but trust me)

Gyatso was basically aang's version of uncle iroh. He basically raised aang and was friends with roku as well. He even argued against sending aang away when the other old monks were complaining that he was holding aang back out of sentimentality. He just wanted aang to be allowed to be a kid. It was the idea of being separated that caused aang to run away, ultimately leading to him ending up in the iceberg, escaping the airbender genocide, and meeting everyone else. That's a hard standard to beat.

Gyatso not only taught hi bending but the principles of which he lived by so it’s Gyatso for me

If uncle iroh AND monk gyatso taught aand he would have mastered the avatar state within 2 days

By the time katara was teaching aang she was basically a master in season 2

I love that you’re still trying to beat 5 nights at chucky cheese, I remember when you first promised you’d beat it

Out of use of the bending styles, I think Toph was the best teacher. After he learned to earth bend, although opposite of his personality, it became his second most used bending outside of air.

Bro earth is opposite to air and toph still taught aang in one day

But also we have to remember aang ran away again. After tenzin was born, going on more adventures trying to relive the good old days again.

Aang learned the most from Iroh in those five minutes he spent with him in the tunnel.

Katara was able to impart knowledge in season 2 and 3. Also being the avatar gives a pretty big advantage to being good at airbending

Man's just named every negative aspect of each one and called it a day

Listen pipsqueak, Toph even taught metal bending to people who had no hope.

can we just realize all but one of Aang's teachers were literal children and still was amazing at all 4 of them

We can’t forget tho that zuko taught aang how to redirect lightning

Zuko was actually a fire teacher

I would've figured the Lion Turtle was the best since he actually gave Aang what he needed, where everyone else just gave Aang what they wanted.

Tbh toph was also the best because she head amazing ways of teaching and actually toughened Aang because Aang needed that.

in the first image, Toph looks suprisingly good in that outfit, like what?

you forgot the dragons, who taught Aang firebending in a matter of moments

Monk Gyatso definitely taught Aang beautifully. From the beginning of the series, there were Airbending moves that shone both his experience and time with Gyatso

Zuko turned Aang into a master in a few weeks

toph’s methods were the reason why aang learned earthbending tho

worst part of atla, is that he almost never uses the other elements, because he is a monk, he does not live a life of harm, and the other elements are damaging to the opponent

Toph ain’t just one of the greatest earthbender she is the greatest earthbender ever

Guys get this: Monk Gyat-so ‼️‼️🗣

Aang isn't the youngest air bending master ever that is aangs granddaughter

Toph wins!

The thing about Toph made me think about a thing which isn't now exactly related to her, but is just a general thought, it could be applied to everyone, also real people. The fact that someone is good at something doesn't mean necessarily that someone is also good at teaching it, since teaching is a whole different skill that someone has to learn before he can be a good teacher.

Katara was learning waterbending at the same time yes, but paku literally says that she grew her ability MUCH faster than aang despite his natural gifts. That's why he dubbed her a madter after only a few days of training. She worked her ass off and for a short time outclassed aang as a water bender. He then over took her, but only because of HER tutelage

Toph taught Aang the lesson that you can’t always win your battles with kindness and words that you have to fight sometimes, yes he was a pacifist at heart but as the Avatar he needed to be able to use aggression when the situation called for it. So my answer is Toph

Toph was the best no diff, air is free, carried by the wind, earth requires force to be moved so it was hard for aang to bend it. Toph knew what aang needed, check out the episodes again and you will see she provoked him and wanted him to stand up for himself, just like bumi said, wait for the opprotunity then strike.

Sokka taught Aang backbending only for him to use it on his sister

I think jeong jeong was the best teaxher. He taught aang not to fear fire and from where to source the enerfy from

Who else wants to see an avatar who is a prodigy and can do all sub-bending techniques. A combustion bender, can generate and redirect lightning, metal and lava bend,has seismic sense, can bend spirit energy, can fly/has the power of flight)

Idk abt that, Katara became the most powerful waterbender,like she stop herself from being bloodbended.