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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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A KINGDOM TO GOVERN Kamehameha’s Life on O‘ahu
Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha Translated by Frances N. Frazier Kamehameha Schools Press Honolulu • 2000 Copyright © 2000 by Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate. Pgs 453-469 Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna When some maka‘āinana sailed out to the forei gn ships, taking their produce to sell to the foreigners, they received something of value from the foreigners. Kamehameha never asked that person to give him a portion of
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 18, 202523 min read
Wehiatua
Kii: Ben Thourad Kaulana keia Aumakua Mano ma Hawaii kahiko a hiki i keia la. Kapa mākou i kēia kupuna hanohano ʻo Wehiatua. Aia kona wahi noho ma ka mokupuni li'ili'i o Tahiti ma kahi i kapa ia o Teahupo'o. He mano mea nui ʻo Wehiatua i ka wā kahiko. ʻO ia ke aliʻi kiʻekiʻe o Teahupo'o i hele mai i Hawaiʻi i hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki aku nei. ʻO kāna huakaʻi i Hawaiʻi i hele mai ma hope o kona kipa ʻana i na moku o Tahiti a pau, e holo ana i na moku o Te Henua Enata, i lai
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 17, 20253 min read
Ku laua o Hina
Kii: Division of Forestry and Wildlife HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS Honolulu, pages 12-19 KU and Hina, male or husband (kane) and female or wife (wahine), are invoked as great ancestral gods of heaven and earth who have general control over the fruitfulness of earth and the generations of mankind. Ku means “rising upright,” Hina means “leaning down.” The sun at its rising is referred to Ku, at its setting to Hina; hence the morning belongs to
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 13, 202510 min read
Mamao, Te Aho Ura
Kii: https://www.tahiti-rando.fr/rando-raiatea-mont-temehani-en.php Mamao is a fighting art rooted in Hawaiian Lua fighting. It was a term used by the poe kahiko who remembered the connected relationship of Lua entwined within their own family fighting arts. Mamao means remote, far off, distant. Our Hawaiian Lua is a combination of various fighting traditions from ancient Tahiti, Marquesas, Samoa, and other ancient homelands. Hawaiian Lua encompasses many disciplines of fig
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 12, 20252 min read
Piimaiwaa and Imaikalani
Kii : nandorszotak MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY VOLUME IV HONOLULU, H. I. Bishop Museum Press 1916–1917 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. pg 226 CHAPTER 10. UMI CONQUERS OTHER DISTRICTS . Hua-a was the king of Puna, but it was conquered by Umi and his adopted sons, Piimaiwaa, Omaokamau and Koi, the daring youths and famous generals and also noted ministers during Umi-a-Liloa’s administration of the gover
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 12, 20253 min read
Kūʻonoʻono ka lua o Kuhaimoana
Kii: Xpda, Wikimedia Commons XVIII. "Ka Moʻolelo o Kuhaimoana" – Story of the Shark God, Kūhaimoana:Excerpts from an Account of the Shark Gods and Waters of Kaʻula, Lehua, Niʻihau and Kauaʻi (translation by Maly) The story of Kūhaimoana, was given to J.S. Emerson, by W.M. Kinney of Waimea, Kauaʻi on March 4, 1907. The account, in Hawaiian, is housed in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (HEN II:94-108). The narratives tell us of guardian sharks and fishes
Kuialuaopuna
Nov 8, 20256 min read
Opaelolo
A skilled fisher and wrestler from Waikalua, Oahu, sailed out of his fishing grounds to a nearby district on the Koolaupoko coast. His fame in fishing and wrestling traveled with him as he made many stops along the coast. His canoe came to rest at a shoreline, some miles away from his own, and he soon met up with the native fishermen there. This skilled fisherman of Waikalua, began to boast about his skills in catching octopus and wrestling. The encounter between this tr
Kuialuaopuna
Oct 31, 20252 min read
Mo'ikeha
Kii: Herb Kawainui Kane ...
Kuialuaopuna
Aug 14, 202526 min read
Pohaku a Kane
Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Traditional K.K. Ku'ialuaopuna E hu ia mai ka lani me ka honua e Kanenuiakea Eia na pulapula o ka lani, ka hu, ke kamaaina, me ke alii E hu mai ko kakou aloha no neia aina, me ka aina ala E kapae ke kapu o ke kanaka, ke kapu o ka wa i hala E ho mai i ke ola, e ola mai, e ola mai. e hoola mai! Bring together the heavens and the earth, oh Kane of the great expanse Here are the descendants of the s
Kuialuaopuna
Aug 4, 20252 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 for now. Here is a short moolelo passed down from a lua practitioner of O'ahu. He is still alive today and is a close friend who continues to practice his art into his eighties. We had trained together for many years, long ago. This Hawaiian man, I will call Ae'a. Ae'a, as a child, comes from a lineage of Hawaiian Lua fighters. His gre
Kuialuaopuna
Jul 25, 20253 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 4, 20254 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-wai-ahupuaa/ Kamapuaa, the all seeing and knowing akua of remote antiquity is also a deity of Lua practitioners of old. He is know to have the the ability to change body forms from man , boy, fish forms and nature forms such as clouds, winds, and rain. The skill of the puaa was seen in its ability to run, dig and fight as well as its intelli
Kuialuaopuna
Jan 29, 20255 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 3, 202513 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
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