Although various schools such as the Ogasawara school, Heki-ryu school, Honda-ryu school and Yamato-ryu school still exist and are active, the majority of Kyudo-ka (those who do Kyudo) don't belong to schools but follow the shooting form (Shaho hassetsu (eight arts of shooting an arrow)) defined by the All Nippon Kyudo Federation.
現在でも小笠原流、日置流、本多流、大和流など様々な流派が存在し活動しているものの、大多数の弓道家は流派には所属せず、全日本弓道連盟の定めた射法（射法八節）に従っている。