By the early 80s, and I think before that (as well as since), the taught RAAF method has certainly been (paraphrased slightly):
1. Simultaneously apply full power, control column centrally forward to unstall the wings and rudder to prevent further yaw;
2. When control regained, level the wings with aileron and recover from the dive.
3. Post-recovery actions (i.e. check configuration, confirm no overspeed / overstress, orientation, why did the stall occur?)
So the rudder pickup method must have gone out of favour before that time. I didn't fly it, but accidents have shown that the Winjeel could certainly drop a wing harshly at the stall particularly with flap down. The CT4 on the other hand was pretty benign.