Glad you chimed in, the maul still feels awkward to me. I need to stamp the hell out of some scrap to get the hang of it. Good advice about letting the maul do the work, I may be trying to control it too much, letting gravity do most the work sounds like a good idea. Kind of like when forging, guiding the fall of the hammer is sometimes all that is needed. When the face doesn't bounce off kilter you know you've got it parallel with the surface, I could apply the same idea to the maul along with using more wrist and less elbow. I found my hand changing position on the handle as well, I'm sure that affects consistency too.
