Why any instructor from any system teaches a component of the art is down to their own personal experience and preference, or more often than not those dictated by their seniors.
I can only tell you from my point of view Tom. I teach four things:
Self Protection
Combat Athletics
Police & Military
Recreational Martial Arts (very rarely these days)
Any trapping I teach, and I allocate a very small amount of time to it, is taught to people who just want to train martial arts recreationally - for fun. Trapping is fun, and not everyone wants to kick arse, so it can be a vaild part of a recreational training program. But I place no worth on it in any of the other categories.
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