Since you were the only one to respond to my question, you single handedly convinced me to conform.
You are right on both of accounts. I do throw my body weight into my stropping but I had taken Ki Aikido classes for a few years, that experience helps me control the motion. I also stop the blade while it still on the strop.
I am attempting to make it a more fluid motion, but I will not lie, I do feel like the way I used to strop, probably, shaved a month or two off my learning curve.