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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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Kuali'i
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE WITH TRANSLATIONS REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES BY...

Kuialuaopuna
May 16, 202338 min read


Kamehameha and His Warrior Kekūhaupi‘o
Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha Translated by Frances N. Frazier...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 24, 202336 min read


Legend of Kawelo.
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna V.5,Pt.1 Fornandar, Abramham, 1812―1887, comp. Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore......

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 7, 202359 min read


Tangata Henua
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Tangata Henua © 2016 by Its in plain sight productions inc. https://tangatawhenua16.wixsite.com/the-first-ones-blog...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 3, 202315 min read


E Kamehameha e.
Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha...

Kuialuaopuna
Feb 3, 202315 min read


Manunalewa
Mangareva (from Peter H. Buck, Vikings of the Pacific, University of Chicago Press, 1938. pp. 202-221 https://archive.hokulea.com/holokai...

Kuialuaopuna
Feb 2, 202318 min read


Story of Lonoikamakahiki.
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore. Vol. 4 Author(s): Abraham Fornander Folklore Hawaiian...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 27, 202397 min read


Pohaku Hapai
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Steve Maxwell: Tahiti Stone Lifting Contest. 4,434 views4.4K views. Dec 11, 2010. Like....

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 19, 20232 min read


Ka Make loa O Kamehameha
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition) KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS PRESS • HONOLULU Copyright © 1961 Revised Edition...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 13, 202333 min read


The greed for Māori owned land and the quest for power by Colonial Powers
Kii: HE AO KOTAHI https://www.heaokotahi.co.nz/blog-1/2017/7/5/series-1-fact-2-maori Parihaka - A Photographic Survey 1981 slide-show...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Lonoikamakahiki the chief
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Beckwith Yale University Press [1940] pages:392-394 NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 6, 20234 min read


MAKAHIKI: THE HAWAIIAN WINTER HOLIDAY
Photo: Herb Kawainui Kane Ke Ola Magazine 2016 NOV-DEC issue, Writer: LEILEHUA YUEN page 12-17 https://keolamagazine.com/culture/makahiki...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 5, 20236 min read


Lonoikamakahiki
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Ruling chiefs of Hawaii The Story of Lono-i-ka-makahiki Ke Au ʻOkoʻa, Jan. 12, 1871- Feb. 2, 1871. pgs. 47-63...

Kuialuaopuna
Jan 4, 202326 min read
Waitara
Released 5pm on October 28th, 2019 Series Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Recommended for Younger Viewers) "NZ Wars: Stories of...

Kuialuaopuna
Dec 22, 20222 min read


Tahiti
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection William Ellis Chapter XII pgs. 295-320...

Kuialuaopuna
Dec 13, 202228 min read


Hawaiians as Navigators and Seamen
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Hawaiians as Navigators and Seamen Samuel Wilder King [From the 34th Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical...

Kuialuaopuna
Dec 13, 20226 min read
Tainui, Aotearoa
Available to watch in 4K here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/nzwa... NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui is the third compelling chapter in...

Kuialuaopuna
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Kamokuhi
Photo: Kuʻialuaopuna Battle of the Maʻa at Hookio, Lanai This story was told to me by Olohe Lua Likeke Paglinawan. We took a huakaʻi to...

Kuialuaopuna
Dec 4, 20225 min read


Kiribati
Phot0: by Thierry Ollivier. Armour , Kiribati, milieu XIXe siècle après J.-C. © Fondation Gandur pour l’Art. https://www.fg-art.org/en/ar...

Kuialuaopuna
Nov 23, 20227 min read


After The war of Nu'uanu
Photo: by Herb Kane Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend...

Kuialuaopuna
Nov 21, 202215 min read
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