This is my first real fan art of our tough little Earthbender Toph of the Bei Fong family. Since I coudln't come up an idea that can combine a form of animal into Toph's element (earth) like the way I did with Iroh and Zuko, I decided to go for this idea i got. The calligraphy is self-explainatory, "The Blind Bandit: Being Fong Toph, drawn by Keng Shen (Dennis) Hu.

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Here's a very interesting thing to know about our tough and cranky little Earthbender: Toph does not practice Hung Gar like other Earthbenders and she practice Southern Mantis style [link] . To make it more interesting, the Southern Mantis style is not even related to the Praying Mantis (or the Northern/common Mantis Style) we see most martial artists practicing. [link]

If you are truly devoted to Bei Fong Toph and you should read these two articles and you'll appreciate how much research and effort the writers took to find a style that truly compliment a warrior such as Toph. You have to uncerstand that Toph is like a "sinker" in baseball, it doesnt' come in highspeed (with exception of Wang Chien-ming) but it comes in with nasty spin power. She initiates slow but finishes strong, really strong. The more you dig into these infos and you'll find out what I meatn.