The Three Basic Precepts of Kenshiro Abbe's Unified Theory of Kyushindo

RITSU DO
MOTION IS RELATIVE.

Because all things move, the sun must also be moving around the earth, in the strange, reciprocal, fashion.
The truth actually is that all motion is relative and that both earth and the sun jointly revolve about each other. If all things move, then there can be no static centre to the Universe and no absolute frame of reference in which such motion is taking place.

In normal everyday terms I may say, "I walk down the road" and because we instinctively take the earth as a frame of reference, I see myself as moving over the face of the planet, which is borne out by seeing other people who are also walking. Conversely I can, if I wish, assume that I remain static and the whole earth moves from front to back under my feet, with every step. Strange as it may appear neither viewpoint is substantially more valid or 'truer' than the other.

The natural relativity of motion was framed by Einstein, as the first postulate of his famous 'Relativity Theory', hence its name. The idea of relativity in motion cannot exist without the notion that all things move. Although certain results of Relativity Theory are now in question, the mental processes required to arrive at it are invaluable.

All motion is rhythmic, following a repetitive, regular pattern.
The repetitive aspect of rhythm derives from a circle and therefore we speak of "the cycle of seasons" and recognise many constantly recurring patterns in nature.

A circle in motion along its axis extends into a spiral which, when viewed from the side, results in a wave form.
A point on a spinning circle, which is also moving in a single plane, results in ellipses, parabolas and many other forms of a curve.
We might even say that a straight line is produced by a circle viewed from the outside edge of its periphery.

Free falling liquids and planetary bodies and the stars in the form spheres and globes, because this shape encloses any given volume within the smallest possible surface area. With falling liquids this is due to surface tension, whilst in cosmic bodies it is the effect of mutual gravity.

We find exponential progression in many forms; in the acceleration of falling bodies, the transmission of light, wave, rings in a pool, growth curves and in countless other forms. Therefore, when objects move, sounds vibrate, shadows disperse, or when electrons select orbits, they all mathematically repeat the idea of a circle.

The transmission of a wave may be slow, in which case we think of it as a pulse, or fast, in which case we think of it as a vibration.

The speed of a wave is measured in cycles, or the distance between its peaks, whilst its strength is measured by the pitch of height of these peaks. A wave rises and falls away into a trough, with a steady accumulation and dissipation of energy, following the same exponential curve.
Waves transmit through a medium, without carrying that medium with them. A cork floating on rippling water will bob up and down with the waves, but will not be carried along by them, unless they break their wave form, by in fact "breaking".

Superficial examination of motion leads us to suppose that it is continuous. We say that water "flows" and most people regard this as continuous; yet water is itself composed of molecules and really only flows in the discontinuous sense that sand, or pebbles may be said to "flow".

One of the most interesting concepts of modern nuclear physics is that even energy itself is in reality delivered in tiny packets or "quanta", hence the name "Quantum Theory". In the same field, wave mechanics suggests that even the motion of solid objects is discontinuous, occurring in tiny waves, too small to detect.
Just as the cinema flashes a series of "still" images onto a screen giving the illusion of movement so motion itself occurs in waves, which gives every impression of continuity.

Ristu Do is therefore not only to do with bodily movements in Budo/martial art, it is in fact vital to the structure of all matter and the way in which all things move and propagate.

This influence of the circle effects everything in life and when we say that things repeat, we mean rather that they are similar, in the way that each successive season is the same in general terms, but also different, because time has passed.