[quote=K-97]The part which would need actual training, skill and practice is making new lava out of Earth; I quickly went to a site which hosted LOK and skimmed through the parts where Bolin lavabends and he never actually makes lava.[/quote]

He doesn't? I could've sworn he throws some lava at Ghazan in the Season 3 finale? Or did he just redirect some that Ghazan threw at him? Hmm, I'll have to have a quick rewatch of that.

[quote=K-97]Bending the Lava isn't really the problem as it is at the end of the day still Earthbending; provided you have the right ''genes'' or chi or whatever I think it becomes a conceptual problem (like how Toph could only Metal bend once she realised there were trace amounts of earth in the metal she could manipulate). And in a desperate situation I think your mind may be in such a state in which latent bending talents can be unlocked and these conceptual barriers gotten past.[/quote]

Him solidifying lava out of nowhere wasn't really the problem with me more than him immediately running to the rescue of Korra and having a lavabending duel with Ghazan. But as I said above, I might be mistaken with the exact way that played out. I do enjoy the friction theory though. But with no other Lavabenders around, I'd assume it'll still be hard for Bolin to generate lava even with three years of training? Unless of course he just spent 24 hours a day training, which doesn't quite seem his style.

[quote=K-97]Gowi: Combustion bending is literally forming energy beams out of Chi.[/quote]

Wouldn't that make it [url=http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Energybending]Energybending[/url]? Man, that'd be neat if it was.