hello AA2016, this is a system base in ichimoku, but differs in that incorporates more elements of other methods into one trying to related around ichimoku, im just as student of the method created by @Ichimoku_Trader, i will recomend that you go to his page, and click the tab call "educationa" and read from the bottom up, he explain in there the main concepts of his method and you can see for yourself how it differs from conventional ichimoku.