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@dr.oblong
i don't want to spoil your fun or anything but skidding is 1 thing, stopping quickly is another.
an emergency stop should involve moving your weight back, this allows you to use more front brake (which does most of the work) and helps to keep the back wheel on the ground (which helps). if you ride fixed you've got the nearest thing to ABS braking that a (simple) bike can have, make the most of that. using your legs to control your speed on steep descents will help you develop the muscles for this (and skidding).
weight forward skidding is fun, trendy and profitable for tyre manufacturers. and a hop-skid can allow you to change direction quickly (like a hand brake turn), but locking your rear wheel is a stunt that is best to avoid (if you can) in an emergency situation. not least because if you end up side-ways in heavy traffic you will increase you chances of being hit from behind.
my personal experience is that i can stop my fixed (with street gears) quicker than a road bike (with similar tyres) because it's easy to lock the back of a road bike even when you don't want to. the only times i blatantly use skidding is when i end up off road and there's not enough front tyre to stop it from locking up and/or it's quite steep - obviously, it's better to lock the back than the front but still move the weight back if you genuinely want to stop or control speed.