Hi, this is Shady. We might have heard of the Gracie diet, a diet that encourages healthy eating, the consumption of fruits and only what benefits the body. Many believe that the origins of this diet lifestyle are rooted in Mitsubaya Maeda's teachings. In his book, Self Defense or Jujutsu Achievable by Everyone, Maeda dedicates a couple of pages to health and nutrition. Maeda's advice is the following. Always eat very nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. Do not drink alcohol, limit or eliminate tobacco altogether, limit or eliminate the consumption of needs as well. Avoid excessive practice of sexual acts, and finally, do not eat more than your stomach can handle. Self Defense is a healthy stomach is the basis for a healthy body. Because most of our illnesses come from a terrible diet and stressing our stomachs and organs too much. Self Defense starts from within. Before we can protect ourselves from attacks, we need to protect ourselves from our own impulses and bad habits. Self Defense also involves a healthy lifestyle. Both from a physical and mental standpoint. It makes no sense to be protective of ourselves in one way and destructive in another. Eligrecy lived till the ripe age of 95. Training and going to the beach till the very end, while Masahiko Kimura's life was cut short due to his bad habits. If my idol if today I'm fairly certain he would be strongly against the rampant use of performance enhancing drugs, emotional arts and other sports. The gentle path should cover all aspects of life. So many today are sacrificing decades of their lives and time with their loved ones for a decade of glory. The gentle path is about self-improvement so that we can give back and help the others prosper as well. This was Chedi and thank you for listening. He said in the book, and I'm not going to be able to quote him, but I'll almost verbate him. He said this. He said, now all of you know about the self-defense benefits of Jiu Jitsu. But now I'm going to speak about benefits of Jiu Jitsu that are even more significant than the self-defense which is the lifestyle benefits. Then he goes into the nutrition. Eligrecy was 93 years old and he came to visit as a Miami. He went to the beach, he jumped in the ocean, he went on the mass, trained, spar everything of 93 years old. But for 93 years old, amazing. And that's a man who did Jiu Jitsu for 80 years non-stop. From when he was 16 years old, he never stopped. And Jiu Jitsu didn't destroy his body. Quite the contrary.