Jigoro KANO, the founder of the Kodokan Judo Institute, learned Bojutsu from the Yagyushingan school and other Bojutsu during his training period, and admitted its utility.
講道館創始者嘉納治五郎も修行時代に柳生心眼流の棒術やその他の棒を学び、その効用を認めている。