On the note of 'skillsofts', even if you get the understanding of the technique, you're still probably not going to be able to use it properly.
Free-running for example. Knowing how to perform a bunch of neat flips is cool. Pulling yourself up a ledge still requires you to actually have the muscle strength neccesary to haul yourself up.
To go back to the martial arts example, a significant part of the training for those is building up endurance and strength, along with flexibility. And that's not even going into the little details, like callouses and reactions.
Heck, this even applies to language implants. I haven't taken japanese since highschool, but one of the things I remember is just how weird some of the words felt to say. Not because I didn't understand them at the time, and I barely did, but... It's like learning a new word. And using it in a sentence to familiarize yourself with it. You know the word. You know what it means. You know what it sounds like. Saying it though, can still be tricky.
Free-running for example. Knowing how to perform a bunch of neat flips is cool. Pulling yourself up a ledge still requires you to actually have the muscle strength neccesary to haul yourself up.
To go back to the martial arts example, a significant part of the training for those is building up endurance and strength, along with flexibility. And that's not even going into the little details, like callouses and reactions.
Heck, this even applies to language implants. I haven't taken japanese since highschool, but one of the things I remember is just how weird some of the words felt to say. Not because I didn't understand them at the time, and I barely did, but... It's like learning a new word. And using it in a sentence to familiarize yourself with it. You know the word. You know what it means. You know what it sounds like. Saying it though, can still be tricky.