Thread:Aggression25/@comment-5142966-20140903043950/@comment-25322628-20140915224755

Just because you're able to beat a master bender with some skill, that doesn't mean you will ever be a master. There's more to it than that.

I mean, Toph learned Earthbending from the original source, the Badger Moles, who, just like her, were blind, and was able to use it as an extension of her senses. She was considered a master by Bumi's suggestion of understanding Neutral Jing, and she put other skilled Earthbending Masters to shame with her skills.

Zaheer was self-taught after obtaining the gift of Airbending after Harmonic Convergence, but how he was able to perform feats of Airbending like Aang, Tenzin, Korra and other trained Airbenders of the past and present is beyond me, but there should be people that would say that he has all the makings of an Airbending Master, but cannot be a master due to various reasons, both cultural and personal.