He learned the Yakumarujigen school swordsmanship from Kaneyoshi YAKUMARU and the Goden school military science from Usaemon HOKO, mastering the secrets of the art.
剣術を薬丸自顕流の薬丸兼義に、合伝流兵学を法亢宇左衛門に学んで奥義を極めた。