Thank you for both of your response. But i keep being told i do t know anything; its actually to the point were my instructor will not test me anymore. I have been quiet adiment about about improving the system so the sport fighters no longer have any responses to verbally attach aikiakia. Iv suggest several ways we could get betters but know one wants to listen - but I also dont like the way we are being treated for just doing our own thing. My original thoughts came from what i think i can hadle in a "self-defense situation" but started to wounder if you added judo and karate to aikido system would it turn back into dito-ryu? But now im starting to think that the Japanese way requires us to take everything to be a complete practitioner because of how art centric they are. And right now im not working and am trying to bring in some money to aford these things but im having a tough go at it because im not that creative and i think your request might be a little over my head. But then again my instructor wants everyone to practice for ten year before getting to show dan and iv taken some time off so maybe only practised of 4-5 years now.