When the uke does a gyaku hanmi katatedori, one option to offset him is to do a nikyo-like wrist rotation.  Let’s talk about the left hand.  What we did tonight was to do the opposite of that rotation.  That is, the being-grabbed left wrist rotates clockwise a full rotation.  From here a shihonage or a kokyuho can be performed.

However, what Ben Sensei said to do in case the uke has great strength was this: before the clockwise rotation, put both hands together as if to pray, then without moving the physical location of the wrist (horizontal or vertical) perform the same rotation clockwise and cut down.  The uke should be lowered and corked while you should be standing comfortably.