Well, yeah. When people are chiblocking you, they're aiming for different pressure points. But like, if you fight...say, Sokka. [ HER FAVORITE EXAMPLE Ty Lee stop that ] You want to aim for pressure points to disable his actual body, not just disrupt the flow of energy. There's no reason you couldn't be disabled like that, really. It's just more effective to like, block the chi, 'cause if you miss even one limb or finger or whatever when you focus on the body, the bender can still bend unless you mess up the energy. I've seen a guy earthbend by just moving his head.

[ She actually does seem to know what she's talking about, but since this is her entire fighting style, that might be why. ]

Hey, no worries! He didn't seem like a bad guy, just kinda grumpy like Zuko. [ She likes Zuko, she can handle Mako. ] It's good to have more people from home we can trust around, though.