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Ok, so this is the situation a fighter with Greater Grapple and Hamatula Strike. He is adjacent to his foe, and spends a move action to grapple (see greater grapple). Next he decides to stab his foe with a dagger as a standard action (grapple check). Now here's where it gets weird:
Hamatula Strike says: Whenever you damage an opponent with a piercing weapon, you can immediately make a grapple check; success means the opponent is impaled on your weapon and you both gain the grappled condition. While the opponent is impaled, as an attack action you may make a grapple check on your turn at a -4 penalty to damage the opponent with your weapon, even if your weapon cannot normally be used in a grapple.
So the fighter makes the grapple check (2nd time this round) Is he limited to the Hamatula Strike description or can he continue with normal grapple rules; Can he do both?
Hamatula Strike has a specific purpose and attacking with a dagger while already in a grapple is not that purpose. In your example all it does is give you a -4 penalty to grapple checks. You are already grapped so getting the grappled condition again does nothing - don't use Hamatula Strike in these circumstances.
Hamatula Strike is designed for 2 handed piercing weapon wielders to initiate and attack while grappling at a penalty.
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So your saying "whenever I damage an opponent with a piercing weapon, I can immediately make a grapple check unless I'm already grappled" Am I interpreting you correctly? This sounds like errata.
It seems to me like it gives a grapple check on a successful attack with a piercing weapon and adds a new option to be used with that grapple check. I don't see any wording that states I can't use my grapple check for normal grapple check purposes, only that I have a new option.