The Yumiire technique, centered on Busha (歩射), was greatly advanced by the Heki school founded in the early Sengoku Period, and various actual fighting techniques were devised such as Toya flight shooting, Ya'awase (矢合せ), shooting through the side of a spear and shooting through a narrow space.
戦国時代初期に発生した日置流により歩射を中心とした弓射技術は大きく進歩し、様々な実戦的技術、たとえば遠矢や矢合せ、槍の脇からの射、狭間からの射などが工夫された。