There is a case where because such a small school never advertised its style, to give an extreme example, it was not until someone attended the funeral of a relative of his or hers that he or she knew 'the family had kept the secret of some bujutsu and the departed was the successor of it.'
流儀を宣伝することがないので、極端な例では親族の葬儀に参列してはじめて「なにやら一族の武術があって、亡くなった人はその継承者だった」ことを知るなどの事例も聞かれる。