It is said that Kazan learned Heki-Jutoku school from his father and mastered the secrets of the Heki-Dosetsu school, Okura school, Insai school, Chikurin school, Takeda school, Ogasawara school and the Henmi school.
香山は父より日置流寿徳派を学び、その後諸国を遊歴して日置流道雪派、大蔵派、印西派、竹林派、武田流、小笠原流、逸見流の秘奥を究めたという。