team diving skills

[FMT]

I think you handled yourself pretty well under the circumstances. Again the key is taking control. Strange things can and do happen when someone is in full-bore panic. In this situation the octo handoff didn't work out and his bc had broken. If you were near the surface then you should inflate your bc and/or drop your weights and he isn't going to take you down but you will take him up. That is what he wanted anyway (he just wanted to stay up like a drowning person) and you can survive until you get there a few seconds later. That is what turned out happening after you kicked him and he went for the buddy then turned back to you. You have the control and are not panicked. You dropped his weights and calmed the situation. The hose length probably is a side issue in this case. Rescue diver classes (or Stress and Rescue) cover things like how to be prepared to handle a panicked diver and what to do. So as you say, training would solve this.