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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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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


Kapi'olani
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii Samuel Kamakau KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS • HONOLULU Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 Pgs 379-385 CHAPTER XXIX...

Kuialuaopuna
Feb 16, 202418 min read


Taiaha
A WINDOW INTO TE AO MĀORI: THE TAIAHA Writer: Tama Ale Samoa Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts is brought to you by the energetic...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 18, 20244 min read


Battle of Hingakaka
WAR HISTORY ONLINE by, Yulia.Dzhak Jun 4, 2016 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/about-us The Maori, originally Polynesians, who settled...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 26, 20234 min read


THE SWORDSMAN IN THE SWAMP
New Zealand Electronic Text Collection HERO STORIES OF NEW ZEALAND https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowHero-t1-body-d10.html...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 25, 20235 min read


Na akua li'i
Kii: David Boynton HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith Copyright © 1970 University of Hawaiʻi Press pgs 81-95 THE great gods each had his...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 17, 202313 min read


Ahia Chief of Puna
Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha Translated by...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 12, 202316 min read


War at Hakalau, Kekuhaupi'o battles Kaihe of Maui.
Kii: Herb Kawainui Kane Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 10, 20239 min read


Lanikaula no Moloka'i
Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Lanikaula was born at Puko'o, Moloka’i. He lived most of his life in the valley of Hālawa not far from the pool into...

Kuialuaopuna
Oct 5, 20235 min read


Pua Ma
HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS HONOLULU Kii: British Museum Religious practices of Hawaii have is sources...

Kuialuaopuna
Sep 27, 20234 min read


Chief of Puna Keali'ikuku
Kii: Big Island Guide Title: Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes by: W. D. Westervelt ELLIS PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A CONSTABLE & CO.,...

Kuialuaopuna
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Na Akua o Kamehameha
Photo: Bishop Museum Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition) Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by...

Kuialuaopuna
Sep 11, 20236 min read


Nuʻuanupaʻahu Chief of Kaʻu, Hawaiʻi
Photo: Kuʻialuaopuna Ruling Chiefs of Hawaiʻi Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Copyright © 1961 Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by...

Kuialuaopuna
Sep 10, 20235 min read
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