As mentioned above, since there was trouble concerning the family secret techniques between the Yoshida clan and the lord Yoshikata ROKKAKU, Shigemasa was afraid that his family secret techniques might become lost, so he taught the doctrines to Sekka and sent him to Kyoto.
上述のように吉田家と主君の六角義賢の間で家伝をめぐって争いが生じた折、家伝が絶えることを危惧した重政らが雪荷に奥義を授けて京都に移らせたという。