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KUʻIALUAOPUNA is dedicated to making a lasting impact through education and traditions in 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 short stories are told here to inspire our thinking about ourselves. They reveal the thoughts and history of a people.
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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


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


Legend of Opelemoemoe
FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE BY ABRAHAM FORNANDER SECOND SERIES MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM...

Kuialuaopuna
Sep 3, 20245 min read


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...

Kuialuaopuna
Aug 12, 202415 min read


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


Death of Kekuhaupi'o
KAMEHAMEHA AND HIS WARRIOR KEKŪHAUPI‘O Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha Translated...

Kuialuaopuna
Aug 2, 20243 min read


Lawai'a
Kii: National Wild Life Federation MARGARET TITCOMB with the collaboration of MARY KAWENA PUKUI NATIVE USE OF FISH IN HAWAII University...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 14, 202419 min read


Kia Manu
Stories of Life in Old Hawaiʻi Caroline Curtis illustrated by Oliver C. Kinney Kamehameha Schools Press Honolulu, 1998 pgs. 125-140 Kii:...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 11, 202415 min read


Pā
Kii: Forest and Kim Starr Stories of Life in Old Hawaiʻi Caroline Curtis Kamehameha Schools Press Honolulu 1998 pgs. 101-115 The Hula ...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 7, 202416 min read


Cook's Visit to Hawaii
Kii: Herb Kawainui Kane Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition) SAMUEL M. KAMAKAU KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS • HONOLULU, 1992 pgs. 92-104...

Kuialuaopuna
Feb 22, 202420 min read
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