Furuya Sensei posted this to his Daily Message on June 11, 2002.
In practice, it is good advice to try to sense the whole technique, not just our own individual part in the technique. What this means is if we are the "tori" or "nage, " we should also try to sense what our partner is doing within the technique not just our own movement and how we are throwing them. In the same respect, the "uke" should sense the movement and power of the person throwing and not simply focus only on taking one's own ukemi. This is not easy at first because we are usually concentrated on ourselves, but if we keep applying ourselves, we will begin to sense what the other person is doing too. Our skill will greatly improve as we develop a sense of the whole technique involving all parties, both sides or all aspects of this interaction.
I often see students practicing the act of throwing, but are totally unaware of what the other person is doing or how they are responding to the movement. At the same time, I often see people taking ukemi in practice but completely disconnected to what the other person is doing. Both sides should try to sense and be more aware of the other side and see the movement in its wholeness, or as we say, oneness. In another respect, we should not look at the technique in a superficial view of attack and defense or active and passive, but see how both sides of the interaction are playing essential parts in creating this "unity" within the execution of the technique.