There is an anecdote about a contest of physical strength on the bridge during Motsugai's stay in Kanazawa, and he competed with Toda Echigo no kami (Provincial Governor of Echigo), who was a founder of the Toda School and newly employed by the Maeda family of Kaga, but the contest remained unsettled and it ended in a tie.
金沢滞在中、加賀前田家に新規召抱えになった戸田流をたてた戸田越後守と橋の上で力比べして決着がつかず、引き分けたという話がある。