Regarding

and

, that's not a bad line of thinking in general. One other consideration, though, is that the small knight's defense tends to end in sente for black, and the one-space jump defense tends to be more (but not absolutely) gote. I suggested the small knight's move in order to take sente to approach on the left, but as you mentioned, it doesn't balance quite as nicely with the other stones on the right side. Both moves for

are playable, though. With the one space jump, you can still take sente, and I think should in this case, but at some point you'll want to come back and look at the weakness there.
If you look at the board, it's basically the kobayashi opening by white except that black has the corner enclosure. If you had white play the chinese opening directly, black's corner enclosure makes the top much bigger than the bottom, since it wants to develop on the right side and undermines the bottom for white. So, once white has really claimed the top, you don't want to allow them to make it even bigger with a chinese formation or a corner enclosure.
By tewari, this would be equivalent to making the corner enclosure, having white make the chinese formation, then claiming the right, relatively uncontested side in exchange for white being able to expand his moyo. Instead, you'd want to have black approach the white chinese formation on the top side, to limit it there while expanding his own potential, since the bottom is less valuable.