This school had a group of techniques that Kodokan judo did not, and Sokaku's outstanding skills were favored by many martial artists, so this school produced some branch schools afterward.
講道館柔道には無い技法群を持っていることや武田惣角の卓越した技量が数々の武道家たちに支持され、後にいくつかの分派を生んでもいる。