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Nope. If your forearms are touching, you are already way past the bridging stage and into full on engagement.
Like I said, Ironfist... we don't speak the same language. I teach fighting for a living so I look at things differently.
Bridging is the act of getting to the point of initial engagement. It can be accomplished many ways. Direct trapping is certainly an option against an extended guard, but it will never work against a closed guard. Bridging can also be accomplished by combination, provocation, invitation, flanking, etc., etc., etc.
If you say that your way is the way TCMA view, then all I can say is that you don't run in the same circles that I do, which I had already ascertained.
I was educated in the old way. WE have many ways to do all things. ;)
This is really one of the big issues we seem to have.