When 'swordsmanship shows' were prosperous, Yukichi took a disciple who made a great fuss about a showman as 'a master with the sword' to the show and said 'It's nothing to crow about'; when they returned home, he showed his swordsmanship to the disciple who was quite surprised about that.
撃剣興行が盛んな頃、弟子の一人が「すごい剣の名人がいる」と騒ぎ立てたため、その演武を弟子と見に行ったら「あんなものたいしたことはない」といい、帰ってからそれ以上の演武を弟子に見せ、驚嘆させたというエピソードがある。