Following the comments/suggestions of others:

Smiling Blade - the SRP Robert Williams for instance is a great performer for many.

Buffing - very short strokes

Directional stretching - between your thumb and forefinger - not only does the skin need to be tight, you need to think about pulling the hairs up to attention - small areas at a time but I suspect that like many you are dealing with area the size of you thumb pad to the size of a matchbook.

Don't wait until the 3rd (or 4th) pass to focus on these areas - your first pass can be your best pass...

And it will come in small victories - but they will come.
Some times changing razors will cause you to have a "disruptive advance"
Not a big fan of the Kamisori but I did learn a lot of systems/moves that helped me when I was trying to learn the "flat side only against the face" method.

Smooth Shaving...