Juany118
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I always thought the point(pun intended) of ice pick grip was either for use as an overhead strike or stabbing like a sewing machine. Either way, the knife leads. From what I could see in the video(only watched part of the first), he is punching with a vertical fist with a blade protruding from the bottom of the fist.
Depends. You can hold in the icepick grip if you have a straight (preferably single edged) blade that you also want to use for control, as an example trapping a wrist between your forearm and the back edge of the blade. If you have a karambit, which traditionally has an edge on both sides that kind of control can be pretty devastating. Also with a karambit a thrust can very much look like a punch due to the curvature of the blade as well.