This formal handing down of the position of the person in charge of the three arts of archery, horsemanship and courtesy of Ogasawara-ryu school is known as Doto, equivalent to 'Soke'
道統とは小笠原の弓・馬・礼の三法の総取り仕切り役の正統継承を意味し、「宗家」にあたる。