We got to see how only after you have made that initial connection with uke, would you then choose to turn tenkan. And that, once you choose to turn, you must still maintain the pressure into uke, so that no matter where you move your body you must maintain contact with the uke's center. As Ikeda sensei moved on to katatedori irimi he gave us a very good lesson on the stages of development in technique. There are three main steps in your approach to techniques. The first stage was simple movement.
Tori moves out of the way and around uke.
At this stage tori is just trying to get the basic idea of the technique. You may develop and polish it, but it is still the same basic idea of molding yourself around uke's attack. The second stage was completely opposite. Tori holds his ground and makes uke move around him. This time tori redirects uke's attack.