5In this 216-page manual we show the history, lineage and technique of the Matsuda den line of the Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu school. There are several books and manuals specialized in Daito ryu, but it was missing one of the most important and completes lines of this great art. The lineage coming from Hosaku Matsuda is a program tremendously rich and it preserves and diffuses excellence and technical refinement in in all its forms. Nowadays, thanks to the director of Renshinkan, the teacher Michio Takase, many students from both Japan and the West can be trained in this great ancient art. In this study we review its history, the main exponents of the transmission line and show the technique, including some principles and concepts.