He learned the art of kusarigama (a chain and sickle) under the Yamada school, the art of the spearmanship under the Hozoin-Ryu Sojutsu School of spearmanship, and Japanese horse-back archery technique under the Otsubo school.
鎖鎌術は山田流、槍術は宝蔵院流槍術、馬術は大坪流であった。