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Professor Okazaki. Founder of Danzan Ryu jujitsu. Check out the photo to see where you are in relation to him in our Pinewood lineage🥋
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A massage liniment known as “dit da jow” is traditionally used to treat an injured area. The name “dit da jow” in Chinese, translates as “fall-hit wine”.
These formulas are often closely guarded family and martial art school secrets. The “fall-hit wine” is usually prepared with rice wine and is traditionally stored in a clay jar and buried in the ground for several months or years. Aged dit da jow is felt to be stronger and therefore more effective therapeutically.
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Some of these liniments are made with Turpentine as the base. It is interesting the Turpentine is derived from Pinewood (Pine trees) and has been used medicinally since ancient times.
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These days, companies, mainly in Asia, commercially produce liniments that are sold in small glass bottles and are available on the internet.
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Some high level martial art practitioners are trained in massage, bone setting, splinting, herbology, first aid, physical therapy and other forms of restoration therapy.
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Pinewood Karate, through the Napa Valley School of Massage, teaches restorative massage to selected students and uses these liniments in lessons. @ Pinewood Karate