It is a very good thing to become familiar with other systems/styles. It becomes even easier if one can discern the underlying principles of martial systems within each of those systems/styles because they all are subject to them wholeheartedly. When it comes to principles there are no differing systems/styles.
An old story goes like this, a martial artists who spends the time learning one kata really well will find when he learns additional kata the learning curve is much smaller. This also goes to the story of the Japanese Story Teller, a student who was required to spend years learning how to tell one story leaves his sensei out of frustration and when the student stops as a way station is tempted into telling his story. The listeners were so impressed they assumed he was a master story teller when in reality he was a novice student.
The real story is not about learning one kata or one story really, really well but to actually learn the underlying principles really, really well. Once you master the principles then any and all systems and styles are familiar but with a personal touch that makes them a system or style over being just one martial art.
Like the one martial system of Okinawan ancient times called, "Ti (pronounced TEE)," being the forefather of Tomari, Naha and Shuri that were the forefather to Shorin, Goju and Uechi Ryu's. They are personal interpretations of Ti and Ti adhered to the fundamental principles of martial systems and became Uechi-ryu, Shorin-ryu, Goju-ryu and Isshinryu, etc.
So, in reality if we spend our time and have the goal of mastering the principles of martial systems regardless of the "name" of a system/style then we truly master all systems/styles or at the very least master the fundamentals underlying all systems/styles.
Study the fundamental principles of martial systems, then study the other systems/styles to become familiar with the individual personal way of applying the principles in martial disciplines.
When your reach this stage then to achieve the ability to defend against conflict/violence you study the non-martial aspects of martial arts as depicted in the addition of the fifth principle:
PRINCIPLE FIVE: PRINCIPLES OF SELF-DEFENSE (“Conflict communications; Emotional Intelligence; Lines/square/circle of SD, Three brains (human, monkey, lizard), JAM/AOJ and five stages, Adrenal stress (stress induced reality based), Violence (Social and Asocial), Pre-Attack indicators, Weapons, Predator process and predator resource, Force levels, Repercussions (medical, legal, civil, personal), Go-NoGo, Win-Loss Ratio, etc. (still working on the core sub-principles for this one)”
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