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Moolelo / Stories
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dec 13, 20240 min read
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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
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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
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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...

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Oct 31, 20244 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Legend of Opelemoemoe
FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE BY ABRAHAM FORNANDER SECOND SERIES MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM...

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Sep 3, 20245 min read
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Last Days of Kahekili
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii Samuel KamaKau KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS • HONOLULU 1962 Pgs. 159-167 When Ka-ʻeo-ku-lani, ruling chief of...

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Aug 12, 202415 min read
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Hawaii before Foreign Innovations
Kii: Hawaii Association of Watershed Partnerships SAMUEL M. KAMAKAU Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition 1992) KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS...

Kuialuaopuna
Aug 12, 202431 min read
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