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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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Tamahamaha
CHAPTER XIV Kamehameha's Conquest of Maui and Oahu At the death of Ka-hekili in 1793 Ka-ʻeo-ku-lani became ruling chief of Maui, Molokai,...

Kuialuaopuna
May 9, 202231 min read


Kane i Ka Wai
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna The Water of Kāne and Other Legends of the Hawaiian Islands compiled by Maty Kawena Pūkuʻi retold by Caroline Curtis...

Kuialuaopuna
May 9, 202219 min read


Kapena Cook
CHAPTER VIII Captain Cook's Visit to Hawaii ... It was eighty-eight years ago, in January, 1778, that Captain Cook first came to Hawaii.*...

Kuialuaopuna
May 6, 202222 min read


History of Ancient Waipio Valley
Historic Drawing by William Ellis of the Waipio Valley – Pub 1824 Engraved by J. Archer THE SHARK-MAN, NANAUE MRS. E. M. NAKUINA Hawaiian...

Kuialuaopuna
May 27, 202114 min read


Kamiki and Maka'iole
Traditions of the Lands of the Kahalu‘u-Keauhou Vicinity Kumu Pono Associates LLC HiKaha89(b) © Apr. 7, 2007 (prepared by Kepä Maly,...

Kuialuaopuna
May 21, 202110 min read


Lonoiokamakahiki
Photo: Kuʻialuaopuna Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii Samuel M. Kamakau Revised Edition pgs 47-63 Lono-i-ka-makahiki was a son of...

Kuialuaopuna
May 3, 202127 min read


Unwritten Literature of Hawaiʻi An Introduction Keone Nunes and Glen Grant First published in 1909
Unwritten Literature of Hawaiʻi An Introduction Keone Nunes and Glen Grant First published in 1909 by the Bureau of American Ethnology,...

Kuialuaopuna
May 3, 20218 min read


The Death of Kalani‘ōpu‘u and a Power Struggle
Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha...

Kuialuaopuna
Apr 23, 202114 min read


Kalaniopu'u his make loa
THE DEATH OF KALANI‘ŌPU‘U AND A POWER STRUGGLE Death of Kalani‘ōpu‘u and a List of Progeny August 4, 1921 After Kamehameha left his...

Kuialuaopuna
Apr 4, 202140 min read


Kekuhaupi'o#4
THE NAHA STONE IS MOVED The Naha Stone June 23, 1921 The men who were kilo and kuhikuhipu‘uone, who understood the omens having to do...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 29, 202128 min read


Hawaii-First Encounters with Europeans
Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 29, 202129 min read


Kiha'api'ilani
Ruling Chiefs CHAPTER II ...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 29, 202120 min read


Manahune / Menehune
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna XXIII HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith pg. 321 MU AND MENEHUNE PEOPLE LUA-NUʻU (Second Nuʻu, or cycle of...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 26, 20217 min read


The fist Ahuʻula
Photo: Feather cape, probably before 1850 C.E., olona fibre, feather, 68.5 x 45 cm, Hawaii © Trustees of the British Museum...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 26, 20219 min read


Kawelo
XXII KAWELO MANY Kawelos are named in the legends of the islands of Oahu and Kauai, but one only was the strong, the mighty warrior who...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 25, 202114 min read


Hoʻomana iā Kāne
IV THE KANE WORSHIP KANE was the leading god among the great gods named by the Hawaiians at the time of the arrival of the missionaries...

Kuialuaopuna
Mar 25, 202115 min read


Imaikalani Chief of Kaʻū
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Images Of Old Hawaii May 14, 2016 by Peter T Young https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/imaikalani/ ʻĪmaikalani Although...

Kuʻialuaopuna
Mar 15, 20214 min read


Molokaʻi-Nui-a-Hina
(Oral history account told by John Kaimikaua to me) Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Molokaʻinui a Hina This Moʻolelo was shared to me by Kumu Hula,...

Kuʻialuaopuna
Mar 10, 20213 min read


Ka Moʻolelo o Kalaniʻōpuʻu
Ruling Chiefs Pg. 76-77 He Moʻolelo kēia ...Ater a fight at Kalepolepo there was a battle between Alapaʻinui amd Kalaniopuʻu with their...

Kuʻialuaopuna
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Kamehameha and His Warrior Kekūhaupiʻo
Aloha e nā haumāna, In preparation for papa please make sure you read Kamehameha and His Warrior Kēkuhaupiʻo Chapters 4 Be prepared to...

Kuʻialuaopuna
Feb 27, 20211 min read
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