TeK9,
Wow I am amazed how info you have gathered from the videos. I think you should start hitting some seminars and impress the instructors. They will probably give extra info.

I do Indonesian Stick fighting and I learned a bit of the Abrescy System of Eskrima.

I agree padded training has some adavantages but one must keep in mind that in a real fight defanging can be easily done and it can cause serious damage to the extremity.
We spar with a wooden or aluminum knife, no padding. When you get hit on the fingers or stabb it hurts a lot and we are aware that a real knife will cut your finger or a ligament at least. In the body will cause some serious injury and there is no point of tackling the other guy when there is a rain of stabs comnig to you from all angles.
Training with a stick one must keep in mind that no matter how high your pain tolerance is a broken finger or knee cap will keep you from going or a broken wrist so keep that in mind when sparring with sticks. I think the guys from SAyoc produce some type of gloves that are better than the hockey ones. At least they seem thinner than the hockey ones.

when we do more live training, not sparring, we wear just enough on the hands. Leather work gloves with a cloth liner. I'm more worried about the small bones of the hand & wrist than the forearm.

What form of Indo stick fighting do you do?