This is my Favorite method for myself and you can just get a shower of sparks on the material, like you said without moving your Kindlin. Sometimes I do push down on it if I've got a fatwood pile or if I'm trying to hold a fuzz stick down. I just tell folks to do it the way that they are comfortable with but this way works good for me.
Finally someone showing , what I consider , the proper way to use a ferro rod. By pulling it back you don't disturb your kindling pile.
This is my Favorite method for myself and you can just get a shower of sparks on the material, like you said without moving your Kindlin. Sometimes I do push down on it if I've got a fatwood pile or if I'm trying to hold a fuzz stick down. I just tell folks to do it the way that they are comfortable with but this way works good for me.