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Hello to everyone!
Recently I first downloaded Emacs (windows version for now). I was
very impressed by its power but the most interesting feature for me
was  system of key bindings which was completely different from
CUA-windows style. However I don't want to say that it's better than
windows bindings. But I find cursor movement in Emacs much more
powerful because it doesn't use keypad, which is placed so far from
main keyboard block on standard 101-key keyboards. C-b, C-f, C-n, C-p
are much more quickly to use (thought no so intuitive) than keypad
arrow keys.

On the other side arrow keys and C-z, C-x, C-c, C-v (for clipboard
operations) are still very comfortable for me so I decide to make a
mixed key bindings map: I propose to forget about keypad and instead
implement it using C-<letter> keys but leave CUA key bindings for
clipboard operations. For example , this is the most suitable map for
me: C-j is left, C-l is right, C-i is up, C-, is down (since it looks
like keypad but can be quickly reached by hand during speed typing).
+---+---+---+
|   | I |   |
++--++--++--++
 | J |   | L |	 - looks like oblique keypad 
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   | , |   |
   +---+---+---+


Does anybody know something about this system ?

Or you can convince me that traditional Emacs system is better?