Episode 2 of Netflix's Avatar the Last Airbender features a reimagining of one of the most beloved episodes of the original western cartoon: The Kyoshi Warriors. Not only is that particular episode legendary for the wonderful world building but it firmly rooted the franchise in the martial arts characterization that would fuel the rest of the series. You truly begin to get a feel for how every cast member, from Sokka, to Aang, to Zuko, and Katara, moves and fights. Not to mention the wonderfully established Kyoshi Warriors headed up by Suki.
This live action adaptation, while markedly better than episode one, still falls a little flat. There are some wonderful sequences of taolu and kata but none of the techniques that appear in them end up in the fight scenes themselves, so what's the point? We see some Aikido and Tessen skill whenever there is no target, the moment that we need to put fan to face it all goes away. But even if the fights still make the firebenders look like they're casting spells, at least we still have Iroh absolutely crushing it! Let's bow in!
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