 The present day the tradition is generally referred to as just "Hōki-ryū".The art had been handed down in the Katayama family (in Iwakuni) and the Hoshino family (in Kumamoto), however the family of the last Katayama head was wiped out in World War II and that direct line, known as Katayama-ryū, is no longer extant.The Hoshino family in Kumamoto regularly maintained contact with the Katayama family and the majority of groups practicing Hōki-ryū today come from the Hoshino lineage.