The Honda-ryu school is a Busha group school with a parent organization that is a Dosha lineage of the Heki-ryu school, known for excelling at Toshiya (long-range archery) at the Sanjusangendo Temple, and they adopted Shomen-uchiokoshi (shooting with front-facing posture), which was originally performed in the Reisha group.
本多流は、三十三間堂の通し矢を得意とした日置流の堂射系統が母体で、本来は礼射系で行っていた正面打起しを取り入た、武射系の流派である。