Agree with both your posts there deaddog!
In a C152 the recovery CAN be effected by saying "And this is what a spin looks like" and letting go of everything. It doesn't take much more than that to get out of it.
Do this in a tomahawk and they'll keep spinning. You have to do the recovery right first time or it can wind up. As for the tail, next time you shut down your little training aircraft have a listen to that metallic shudder over the airframe as the engine stops. That is what the tail is doing in a tomahawk spin. Buffetting, not falling off!