He taught Tokiyori HOJO, a legitimate son of regent Yasutoki HOJO, in yabusame (the art of shooting arrows on horseback) in 1237, showed the art of kisha (to shoot an arrow with riding a horse) in Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine and he was admired by spectators as a Soke (grand master) of kyuba (archery and equestrianism).
嘉禎3年（1237年）にも執権北条泰時の嫡男北条時頼に流鏑馬を指南、更に鶴岡八幡宮で騎射の技を披露し、周囲の者達から「弓馬の宗家」と讃えたと伝わっている。