Since Akinori was good at naginata jutsu among all the techniques of the Tendo school, his activity as a naginata teacher increased, and he not only performed the naginata jutsu of the Tendo school in front of the Imperial family, but also instructed at a training hall of the House of Viscount Nishinotoin.
顕教は天道流の諸術の中で薙刀術を得意としたこともあり薙刀術の指導者としての活動が多くなり、、皇族の御前で天道流薙刀術を演武したほか、西洞院子爵家の道場で薙刀術を指導した。