It has produced world champions such as boxer Jiro WATANABE and kickboxer Genshu IGARI (the current chief grand master of a non profit organization called Nippon Kenpo Kyokai) and it is known that the techniques have been adopted as the model for Japan Self Defense Force MMA and arresting art of the police.
ボクシングの渡辺二郎やキックボクシングの猪狩元秀（現、NPO法人日本拳法協会主席師範）などの世界チャンピオンを輩出し、自衛隊の自衛隊格闘術の原形に、また警察の逮捕術にもその技術がとりいれられたことでも知られている。