People do have the skill Tom, they just choose not to take a knife to a gun fight.
I've been involved in trapping and around trappers for over 16 years. I have stood across from many great trappers who have worked me over in sparring, and I have also personally used trapping in sparring against good fighters. I don't question that.
But here is the point, sparring is just that - sparring. When you move from sparring to combat you drop about 90% of your training repetiore, and resort to the primary tools that win fights, or at least keep you out of the hospital. Trapping, like some of the other cool things we all like to play with in sparring, stays in the gym. I'll state again, if I am wrong then I am yet to see the evidence. That is the great thing about combat sports - the myths die when the bell rings.
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