All of the Martial Art systems taught by Tanemura Soke are Koryu (traditional) martial art systems with a set curriculum required to be learned.
However, the end goal of learning set patterns is not to be able to repeat them through rote repetition. The goal is to be able to realize your current situation and adapt what you have truly made your own thus enabling you to respond fluidly and effectively to that situation.
It is crucial to remember the skill of recognizing how-things-actually-are is requisite to responding correctly.