This thread is a fail.
The Sage's eyes came as a result of the sealing of the Juubi within himself, his powers became split in two (one brother with eyes another with body/soul and btw this also explains why the Senju's have power over body/soul because the Sage's clan was Uzumaki, who are known also for there strength in body/soul which is why they lived for so long and why the Senju's could age so amazingly); the Uzumaki's OWNED spiritual jutsus; fighting techniques(ninjutsu and so on) were developed by the Sage himself not the whole of the Uzumaki clan! and finally, the reason they are known as "distant" is because they're father (the Sage) was an Uzumaki not them, not anymore, not after they started fighting and hating each and so made clans own their own.
Where did u get that info from show me that panel or databook page
Your whole post is fanboyism to the max
The was blessed with the rinnegan in a time which the world was in despair
He traveled & taught the ninja way to people
The juubi ravishing the land fought the sage when he sealed it the people proclaimed him as a god
Uzimaki are DISTANT RELATIVES OF THE SENJU
The sage is SENJU & UCHIHA
Ask your self how can a son not be related to his father but his is? Makes no sense at all
Bottom line sage embodiment of BOTH senju & uchiha
Uzimaki is a branch of the SENJU
Making the sage not uzimaki but rather an ancestor of their father clan
Further more the only uzimaki with special eyes was given those eyes by an uchiha
On top of that the sand village is also great with sealing jutsu but I don't see anyone claiming that the sage is a sand ninja
The cloud ninja have the sages special sealing items & have sealed the hachibi for generations the sealed the two tails & would've done so to kurama making the uzimaki not the lone specialist in sealing
U people misconstrue so much
When tobi said the jutsu has been passed down he didn't mean specifically he just meant the sage was the 1st jinchuriki & now villages are still making new jinchuriki