The Five Disciplines of Kami-Do Ryu

Karate-do

Judo

Jujitsu

Aikido

Kobudo

Each finger represents a desired characteristic of the karateka: 

Pinkie    

Sophistication

Ring

Comitment

Middle

Arrogance

Index

Direction

Thumb

Acceptance

The Shinko Kata Command

The combinations that make up the practice of Shinko Kata are endless, and provide hours of amusement for the sensei and of confusion for the karateka. The command sequence that introduces it breaks down as follows.

Line 1 is mandatory. It announces to the students that drills are to commence.
Line 2 describes the drill to be performed. A technique will always be named. If the drill stance is zenkutsu dachi, no more is said. If, however, a different stance is to be used, then the instructor will say nonaganin (meaning ‘in’) <stance>.
Line 3 is invoked only if the student should start from a different technique/stance combination than that used in the drill. If it is used, it has the same form as line 2; a technique will be given, and then an optional stance.
Line 4 then restates the starting technique
Line 5, hajime, is the command to execute the starting stance and technique.

Conventions:
Gedan barai has an implicit stance of zenkutsu dachu when called in line 2 or line 3
The technique called in line 4, absent any line 3, will copy the stance of line 2

Examples:
Shinko kata gedan barai gedan barai hajime
Shinko kata shuto uke shuto nonaganin kokutsu dachi shuto uke hajime
Shinko kata yoko chudan zuki nonaganin kiba dachi kara gedan barai gedan barai hajime
Shinko kata age uke nonaganin zazen dachi kara shuto uke nonaganin choji dachi shuto uke hajime