Shotokan Kata Rigging

[brkurt]

Hello everyone...okay, on to the tough stuff. This is my first step in rigging my characters for Shotokan Kata.
I'm going to use the .obj export from Alpha 4, and the .mhx, and journal my struggles.
The images for this one are:

http://www.geekopolis.ca/images/saayaKata/0025.jpg
http://www.geekopolis.ca/images/saayaKata/0150.jpg
http://www.geekopolis.ca/images/saayaKata/0250.jpg

and the YouTube video, which might or might not work on this forum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuM8-CzXm-U