February 25, 2019

Walking Through Fire to Make the Strongest Dit Da Jow: Founder's Story

Listen to our Podcast "EP03 Walking Through Fire to Make the Strongest Dit Da Jow: Founder's Story" on iTunes and YouTube

View the complete transcript of the show HERE.

“I feel like every single thing we do in life, it's like walking through a fire…..I think that walking through that fire creates somebody that really ….knows how to be an effective human being in so many different types of ways.”

Welcome to the new Plum Dragon Herbs Podcast Series “Staying in the Game.” In this podcast series, we have conversations about mindset and techniques for staying at the top of your game. In our third episode, we’re talking to Josh Walker, whose passion for Chinese medicine and martial arts led him to become the original founder of Plum Dragon Herbs in 2006. He currently works as a software engineer and runs the central U.S. chapter for the Tabimina Balintawak Group, a combative style of martial arts that originated in the Philippines.

Josh shares why he started Plum Dragon Herbs and how the company’s flagship products, Dit Da Jow formulas, were created to fill a gap in the existing offerings of herbal remedies for pain relief. Helpful tips on using Dit Da Jow and picking the right formula are discussed in this podcast. Josh also shares his mindset and belief that every person needs to walk through their own personal fire in order to become a more effective person.

Show Notes:

0:42 Introduction to how and why Josh started Plum Dragon Herbs.

5:34 Why Josh didn’t just use other products for his training that were available at the time (Tiger Balm, Zheng Gu Shui, Biofreeze, Tom Bisio’s formulas, etc.)

10:50 Plum Dragon’s formulas are very powerful. It’s not about a sensation on the skin, but helping the body to heal.

“Breaking that stigma of, ‘I feel it, so it must be doing something.’ That, I think that's the hard part.”

12:45 Picking the right formula: It doesn't really matter what kind of martial arts or sports you do, it matters what kind of injuries you're getting.

16:56: Discussion on Plum Dragon’s bestsellers and what types of injuries they are particularly useful for.

18:25 If there is anything close to be a “one-shot wonder”, it’s Ho FamilyDit Da Jow.

18:51 What Ancestors Advanced Conditioning Formula works well for (arthritis, conditioning, any kind of joint issue).

21:15 Josh’s go-to Iron Palm formulas.

23:46 How the Plum Dragon formulas were developed.

25:50 Defining Dit Da Jow.

27:00 How best to apply Dit Da Jow.

29:49 Why the RICE method is seriously flawed.

30:54 Using Bruise Juice or Herbal Ice instead of ice.

33:13 Getting people away from relying on pain pills.

34:37 Josh discusses his current martial arts practice and training, primarily in Tabimina Balintawak.

36:44 Josh’s daily routine for training.

41:25 His philosophies and life passions and having the right balance in life. And the idea of “a number of moderate things in moderation” rather than “all things in moderation. And being willing to “walk through the fire.”

45:08 How to coach somebody to walk through the fire.

47:32 Sometimes you hit rock bottom before change can happen.

49:33 How hard times can create strong men.

Links and Resources Mentioned

Find out more about Josh Walker and connect with him on Facebook LinkedIn Youtube To find out more about Tabimina Balintawak martial arts, visit their website at https://tabiminasystem.com/