However, it was criticized by schools and cultural figures and also disputed in papers, being unfavorably received so much that it was ridiculed to be 'Nue-mato shaho (the slippery art of shooting an arrow).'
しかし、流派関係者や文化人からの批判が相次ぎ、新聞紙上でも論争が起きて「鵺的射法」とまで揶揄されるまでに不評であった。