Awesome rearing up.
I love the animation of him lifting the pole up over his shoulder, tossing it up into his hand. Its very very cool, but after the attack, returning to normal, the pole goes through his arm at the shoulder . Unless he is throwing it into the guy, letting go and pulling it out again under his arm. This wouldn't work if he missed.
You have a combination of two separate attacks: Either over the shoulder downward stab, pole is pulled back still above shoulder (Psycho-style stabbing action), or thrust from under the arm stab and pull back (like shooting pool).
I dunno, though, the animation might just be too damn cool to change
