I don't know, wouldn't they mention it if it had cancel? It's kind of a big deal. It would be the main mixing tool of the variation but without it there's no mix. Jump covers all options and jump kicks will hit him, no doubt.
It might still be good if going into stance and grab is so fast that is unreactable, uninterruptable or it maybe even ticks on some strings. Then they'd have to jump and possibly get hit by the rest of the string or anti air as a mix up.
How the crawl works against jump-ins is the first thing I thought of too. I agree here: JKs will absolutely hit him, and no, the parry definitely won't counter jump-ins (no grounded parry in the game does). So right, no one will fear his crawling strike/throw/parry mix if you can just jump-in to beat everything.
I'm excited to lab the options, but I'm a bit worried it may be a gimmick move if he has no real answer for jump-ins. He can't block, he can't dash, he probably won't turn around after a cross-up--so it may come down to how quickly he can exit the stance and block (standing) or use a crouching AA (which, if he has a good one, a crawl might actually be a good way to bait someone to jump).
Also agree, I want to see if the crawling throw can be used basically as a command grab. The other thing I want to lab is the fastest amount of time it takes to activate the crawling parry--if it's more than 10 frames, I'm not sure it's going to be super viable. But it will also depend on which moves he low-profiles. I think the real utility of the crawl is a (potential) counter to those advancing mid strings we all know and hate: Joker's f14, Liu's f43, etc.
