Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181206222153/@comment-27125793-20181211151151

Actionmanrandell wrote: Marco1995mega wrote: Actionmanrandell wrote: Marco1995mega wrote: ErenZeke2020 wrote: I just realized that Eren's claim about the Ackerman power giving the user the experience of all other Ackermans may have a hole.

Mikasa is tough but Levi clearly has Titan killing skills that she doesn't. We have never seen her use his beyblade attack.

The only answer I can think of is that when the Ackerman power is activated, it gives the user a screen shot of the current accumulated skill level of the Ackerman clan, but the pathways are cut after that. Then Levi may have raised the bar on the Ackerman clans skill level while Mikasa was growing up. Eren said that the 'awakening' grants them the combat experience of all the previous Ackermans, but not the combat'' skill. '' There's a difference. Basically, it means they have the honed instincts of a veteran combatant but still need to acquire skills and techniques through training and personal battle experience. That's why Levi's a better Titan killer; he's fought them far more than her and has trained for longer. skill comes about via experience's so if it grants them the combat experience of all previous Ackermans than yes it does give combat skill. Perhaps to some extent, but not entirely. Skill comes through repeated training, because your body remembers the motions you make of a technique so well, it becomes reflex; muscle memory. However, the awakening does not give them the memories of previous Ackermans, but a sort instinctive knowledge of 'what might be best' in a situation, so it's still limited. After all, despite Mikasa catching him off guard, Bertolt still overwhelmed her temporarily. It gives Ackermans an advantage, true, plus the enhanced physical strength, but if they truly got all the combat skills and muscle memory of everybody before them, for example, Mikasa should've been the top at hand-to-hand combat in the 104th instead of Eren and Annie, or as ErenZeke2020 mentioned, there should've been little to no difference between Mikasa's and Levi's level of skill, and yet, there is. yea none of that is even remotely correct, 1 there is no such thing as muscle memory, our muscles have no memory capacity and its not actually the repeated motion that gives you skill. you repeat a motion and your brain creates links between your body and the neurons in your brain. when you activate those neurons it tells your body to respond to a given stimuli.

if all the ackermans are linked via pathways that once they awaken they awaken the accumulated experience of all past awakened ackermans than what i said would be 100% ACCURATE. if this happens the way eren explained than the moment this awakening happens would mean the ackermans brain would instantly create a bunch of neuropathways that would have instantly memorized the combat experience's of all the past awakened ackermans. this is an actual FACT.

we also see this happen the moment Mikasa awakened when her brain started firing off synapses and neurons.

our skill isn't housed in the body but housed solely in the  our synsapses and neurons.

the entire concept of the matrix was based on this fact

it doesn't matter how many repititions you do as like i said your muscles don't remember anything and the repeated motion doesn't actually make it easier to do said motion its the synapses and neurons firing in proper sucession that creates the reflex and the ability to do a motion easier.

and as i said experience is actually the most important factor in a fight. a martial artist who spends every waking minute learning techniques won't be a skilled fighter. its only through the actual experiences of fighting that develops a competant fighter.

the awakened ackerman gains the experiences of every other awakened ackerman and therfore there skill as well,

its the same thing with strength training, its not the weight lifting that develops strength

Evidence has shown that increases in strength occur well before muscle hypertrophy

muscle strength is first influenced by the inner neural circuitry, rather than by external physiological changes in the muscle size.

Previously untrained muscles acquire newly formed nuclei by fusion of satellite cells preceding the hypertrophy. Subsequent detraining leads to atrophy but no loss of myo-nuclei

when a body buidler or strength trainer has a long standing gap in the time he or she has worked out last and atrophy has kicked in, its easier for them to go back to the gym and train and reduse atrophy because the neurons in the brain force the previously developed fibers to activate and as such they can quickly rebuild any lost strength.

the major difference in the ackermans is that the awakened experiences would result in a bunch of neurons to be created,. these new neurons have the stored experience of all ackermans which is how mikasa was able to break the floor board, because she was tapping into the strength of all previous ackermans. again proving the fact that skill is bound in the experience not the repitition of any activity Thank you for giving a very comprehensive answer. However, I'm well aware that muscle memory is a misnomer; I know the body doesn't actually  'remember' anything. It was merely a way of getting the idea across. I also know about the subconscious neural pathways that allow us to perform instinctive actions. However, at the same time, you fail to realize that, in order to acquire skill, while it is thanks to these neural pathways that we acquire them, we still NEED to train and practice BEFORE they become subconscious. Also with weight training. You're right about the nuclei, but you still NEED to lift weights (or do anything else that tear your muscle fibers) to get those muscles. And when learning to walk, a baby still needs to CONSCIOUSLY practice the motions before they become subconscious.

I'm a judoka, and I tell you, if you told me that repeating a technique wasn't going to get me anywhere, I wouldn't be nearly as good as I am now. No martial artist would. Yes, experience in battle helps in the acquisition of fighting skill, but in the way that it hones and helps refine practiced skill that is already there; skill that you gain through training and, yes, repetition. Training develops a foundation and builds upon it, while battle experience adds further to it. If there is no foundation, combat experience it has little to nothing to build upon.

Now, I'm not saying that experience alone is worthless without training. Not at all. Like I said, even if it doesn't help develop refined fighting skills, it does help develop instincts that give you a sense of, as Levi said, 'knowing what to do', or more precisely, knowing where to hit your opponent to try and end the fight quickly. For example, between an experienced brawler and a trained martial artist who's only fought in a few tournaments, the odds are about 50:50, maybe a bit more in the MA's advantage. In this case, the MA has a more effective and refined fighting style, but the brawler has better instincts on knowing how to end a fight in one or two blows or gain a sudden advantage. For example, he will know to go for the jugular or the groin or some other vital area, or improvise with a makeshift weapon he found lying around, but even if he does land the blow and get the upper hand, he's most likely going to perform it with a, at the least, somewhat sloppy and crude execution. If the martial artist manages to do the same thing, he's most likely going to be faster about it, have less wasted movements, and be ready with a follow-up move.

The Ackermans are like the experienced brawler, initially at least. They have great instincts and reflexes with perhaps a slightly superior level of refinement in their fighting capabilities. However, Levi is much more practiced in killing Titans and has trained for longer, and thus Mikasa, who's also trained but less, is not as good as him, because he also developed this foundation through practice, building upon it through further practice, and enhanced it further with real, personal experience. At the same time, against Bertolt with superior martial arts training, let alone Annie, Mikasa would have a lot of trouble, maybe even lose. Battle experience helps tie all these techniques, maneuvers, and reflexes you've gained through training and practice into a viable fighting style, like with Annie. If there are none of the aforementioned technical prowess, then battle experience has nothing to build upon. Instead, it gives you some knowledge that becomes instinctive (still effective, though), and maybe teaches you how to throw a punch or two. As the saying goes, "practice makes perfect". The Ackermans gain the fighting experience, but none of the training that previous ones CONSCIOUSLY performed, and thus, the 'awakened' Ackermans also need to train to acquire and/or enhance their fighting skills.

Another issue is that you might be looking just a bit too deep into this. While everything you said about neurons and the nervous system is true, Isayama's probably not going to be that anal retentive about it. Not everything is going to be 100% real-world logical. I mean, it's not like Titans actually exist, and it's not like the Ackermans suddenly get super buff when the awakening increases their physical strength in a matter of seconds. I also have to contradict you on this part. They get their enhanced strength not from previous Ackermans, but by taking a bit of the Power of the Titans while still keeping their human form.