After learning the naval battle tactics of Santo school, he left his hometown at the age of 18 and traveled around the country to learn the art of gunnery of various schools such as the Asaka, Nakajima, Ongoku, and Kinden; he mastered Hashizume Kaishinsai school Gobu-denpo (橋爪廻新斎流合武伝法), and military science in Koshu and Echigo.
三島流舟戦法を学び、18歳のとき故郷を出て諸国を回り安盛流、中島流、遠国流、禁伝流等の砲術を学び、橋爪廻新斎流合武伝法、甲州、越後の兵学を得た。