Feral Combat Training: what does it cover?

[Atarlost]

My first thought when reading Feral Combat Training is that it's meant for proc-on-damage effects like stunning fist, but it just occurred to me that it might have wider applicability.

If a character has Feral Combat Training in, say, bite and takes Weapon Specialization: unarmed strike does he receive the benefits of weapon specialization with his bite? It isn't a feat with Improved Unarmed Strike as a prerequisite, but is it in effect that augments an unarmed strike?

What about Magic Fang? It effects one natural weapon or unarmed strike If it's applied to the unarmed strike does the bite also benefit because of FCT?

What about the brawling armor property? Is it (a) an effect augmenting unarmed strike and if it is (b) does the exclusion of natural weapons override Feral Combat Training or does Feral Combat Training override the exclusion of natural weapons from the brawling armor property? Neither is a general rule that the other specific rule should override it.

[bookrat]

This feat lets you choose one natural weapon and pretend it is an unarmed strike for the purposes of feats and other abilities/effects.

In order to get Weapon Specialization (Unarmed Strike), you need Weapon Focus (Unarmed Strike). Right now, you have Weapon Focus (Bite). But if you get Weapon Focus (Unarmed Strike) followed by Weapon Specialization (Unarmed Strike), then yes, the bite would be included in that. Not that the Weapon Focus (Unarmed Strike) would also include that specific natural attack, but it would be pointless because you already have Weapon Focus (Bite).

Magic Fang only effects a single attack. Choose your bite, or one of your fists, or a single slam attack, etc... Magic Fang will not help here.

Bawling armor gives a bonus to unarmed strikes, and because the feat lets your treat a single natural attack as if it were unarmed, then yes, this would work.