Nice, and from the pros! Thanks guys. Thanks Mike! Stress makes your mind overload, animal comes out of your skin, and survival is all you are focusing on. Stress training is the greatest aspect of "usable advanced" techniques. I know you train a ton in stress combat situations with RAW and Meridith. You are right on the money!
The more complicated things get, the more chances there are for failure. With Hock's system, I see there are very basic themes that spill over from UC to knife to stick. The biomechanics are the same for all the above, strikes, disarms, takedowns, they are done basically the same way for any weapon. That is the stuff you want in your muscle memory. Ah the simplicity, Hock is like the Bruce Lee of modern combatives.
I'd have to say that I have never been in a situation where a stick or blunt object was my first choice, but I sure can wield a stick better than some idiot on the street thanks to CQCG. Did throw a busted table leg at someone once, and it stuck in the wall next to his head, what a suprise that was! Didn't even know I could throw like that! But my point is that all the fancy parade whirling stick techniques are just for conditioning, advancement in a system, unless of coarse your name is Remy or equal.