Masaki-ryu preserves and trains in classical Japanese martial arts including manrikigusari (short chain), kusarigama (chain and sickle), Oniwaban, Maruhoshi, and Jutte torinawa (arresting truncheon and cord). The school draws its lineage back to Masaki Toshimitsu, martial arts instructor to the Toda clan in the Mino province, Ogaki domain during the Edo period.