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KUʻIALUAOPUNA is dedicated to making a lasting impact through education and teaching of the Hawaiian fighting art of Lua. We look to our stories, our history, and ancestral practices as sources of knowledge in the profession of Lua.
Every month we will be sharing stories so that connections can be made with the different cultures in our Pacific family group. These moʻolelo or short stories are told here to inspire our thinking about ourselves. They reveal the thoughts and history of a people.
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Mo'ikeha
Kii: Herb Kawainui Kane ...
Kuialuaopuna
Aug 1426 min read


Pohaku a Kane
Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Traditional K.K. E hu ia mai ka lani me ka honua e...
Kuialuaopuna
Aug 42 min read


He Moolelo
Kii: Bec Munro This story was told to me in the land of Koolaupoko, O'ahu by a lua man of over 80 years old. I will keep his name silent...
Kuialuaopuna
Jul 253 min read


The Offering of The Chief
SAMUEL M. KAMAKAU Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition) KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS • HONOLULU CHAPTER IX Events of Ka-lani-ʻopuʻu's...
Kuialuaopuna
Apr 44 min read


Oʻahu ‘Wai’ Ahupuaʻa
Kii: Herb Kawainui Kane Images of Old Hawaiʻi Oʻahu ‘Wai’ Ahupuaʻa December 1, 2023 by Peter T Young https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/oahu-...
Kuialuaopuna
Jan 295 min read


Kamehamehas Returns to Kohala
Kii: Britney W. Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend...
Kuialuaopuna
Jan 313 min read


Urukehu
E imi oe i ka waiwai o na tupuna, e huli i kou alo i hope, aia ke kaula ula o ko kakou piko! E na koa, e ala mai, e tu paa ma ke ala o na...
Kuialuaopuna
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Kuialuaopuna
Dec 13, 20240 min read


ʻO Wawahonuaaho the Rain Gourd of Hina
Kii: Kamakou Preserve Molokaʻi is known as the island of Hina, Molokaʻi nui a Hina, Hina the akua of the moon and of the lunar energy has...
Kuialuaopuna
Dec 8, 20243 min read


Ka Upu a Ka Lua
The mystical realm of Pele has many hidden passages. Kii: Marie Goff Hawaiian Dictionary (1986) (Hawaiʻi) Kaona -Hidden meaning, as in...
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 4, 20245 min read


Olohe of Kahauale'a
Ka‘ao Ho‘oniua Pu‘uwai no Ka-Miki (The Heart Stirring tale of Ka-Miki) Translated by Kepa Maley THE HISTORIC PUNA TRAIL – OLD GOVERNMENT...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 31, 20244 min read


Kawaihae after contact
CHAPTER VII: PU'UKOHOLA HEIAU NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Overview of Hawaiian History by Diane Lee Rhodes (with some additions by Linda Wedel...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 23, 202418 min read


KUKINI—RUNNING FOOT-RACES
Hawaiian Antiquities David Malo HONOLULU HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO., Ltd. 1903 https://hawaiian-grammar.org/resources/Malo-Hawaiian-Antiquitie...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 22, 20247 min read


Kualoa
Kii; USGS abt 1942 Images of Old Hawaiʻi November 1, 2019 by Peter T Young https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/kualoa-airfield/ Kualoa Airfield...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 17, 20248 min read


Waialua: Voices from the Past
Kii: Haleiwa, Wailua 1932 - Photo by Army Air Corps Wailua -Kaena Kii: Sean Davey ROY KAKULU ALAMEIDA Roy Kakulu Alameida, a...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 16, 202417 min read


Ke Ala o Ke Kukui
Kii: Tyler Paul In the stories of old, it is said, that on the remote coastal areas are where the olohe live. These ʻōlohe are known to...
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 10, 20246 min read


Kamehameha I in South Kohala
HE WAHI MO‘OLELO NO KA ‘ĀINA A ME NĀ ‘OHANA O WAIKI‘I MA WAIKŌLOA (KALANA O WAIMEA, KOHALA), A ME KA ‘ĀINA MAUNA: A Collection of...
Kuialuaopuna
Sep 20, 20243 min read


Hua, Ke Ali'i o Hana
Kii: Kuialuaopuna THE LEGENDS AND MYTHS of HAWAII. THE FABLES AND TOLK-LOKE OF A STRANGE PEOPLE. BY ^^ HIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY KALAKAUA. New...
Kuialuaopuna
Sep 6, 202425 min read


THE CANNIBALS OF HALEMANU
Kii: Kuialuaopuna THE LEGEBS AID MYTHS OF HAWAII. THE FABLES AND TOLK-LORE OF A STRANGE PEOPLE. BY HIS HAWAHAN MAJESTY KALAKAUA. New York...
Kuialuaopuna
Sep 6, 202415 min read


Legend of Palila
Kii: Rob Weir FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE THE HAWAIIANS' ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THEIR ISLANDS AND...
Kuialuaopuna
Sep 3, 202419 min read
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