Ke kūlana

Kūlana

nvs. Station, rank, title, condition, position, place, quality, grade, rating, reputation (see ex., kuene), stance, attitude, poise, carriage, posture, situation, patch, site; outstanding, prominent (kū, stand, + -lana, nominalizer). Cf. kūlanakauhale. Mamule o ke kūlana, by reason of position, ex officio. Kūlana o ka nohona, standard of living. Kūlana kiʻekiʻe, high position, rank, station. Kūlana makahiki, age. Kūlana ipu, melon patch. Nā kūlana o kēia kūʻai hoʻolilo, the conditions of this sale. (PNP tuʻulanga.) ( P/E dict.).

Kulana

vs. To tilt, rock, reel, sway, toss and pitch; wobbly, shaky, unsteady. Fig., insecure, hesitant. Kulana o ka noho paipai, rocking of a rocking chair. hoʻo.kulana Caus/sim., to cause insecurity.

'Alae 'ula

Kii: Doug Greenberg

Kūlana are the key to fluid movement, allowing a practitioner to roam with ease, skill, and agility. As the essential footwork required to survive in battle, Kūlana enables one to strike swiftly, escape with precision, or parry (pale) an adversary in close quarters. Without solid footwork, survival is impossible.

One must avoid standing flat-footed, as this leads to a weak structure (kūlanalana) and sluggish reactions. Kūlana is the foundation of power—whether releasing an ‘ai (strike) or defending against an attack. All power in hand strikes originates in the feet; the energy builds through the thighs, hips, and waist, traveling up the back to the upper body.

The torso moves in a rhythm that flows in timing with the breath. True balance depends on an erect posture; if the kuli (knees) are locked and stiff, speed is lost and balance fails. Correcting this requires dedicated training and constant awareness. Different Kūlana exist for specific fighting styles, from hand-to-hand combat to long-range weapons like the kuia, ihe, or ko‘oko‘o.

In the practice of Lua, footwork is often named after the movements of birds or crabs. Depending on the pā (school), these forms may also incorporate the names of plants or fish. Below are some inoa (names) of Kūlana found in Lua:

Papai

Kukuluaeʻo

Aukuʻu

ʻAlaeʻula

ʻĀ

Haʻa

ʻOhiki

Mahiki

Papa hehi

Mokokoko

Kāwelu

'Aiha'a

Ku'i

Kākala

Koa'e 'Ula

Koa'e Kea

The foot work is sometimes more important than the learning of the hands as one can maneuver around one’s opponent comfortably with foot work alone. In lua one must learn to run (E aʻo nō i ka holo, e aʻo nō i ke koa) so as to flee and chase down an enemy or to run in order to rest the body from battle and then return to the fight. Stamina is built by running as this was the method of training in the days of our kūpuna, such as in the moʻolelo of Kekuhaupiʻo.

ʻōhiki

Kii: Maui Nui Natural History

Kukuluaeʻo

Kii: Ann Tamimoto Johnsen

Kāwelu

Kii: Studia Mirabilium

Kāwelu

1. n. A wind-blown grass (Eragrostis variabilis), famous in songs of Nuʻu-anu pali; E. niihauensis on Niʻihau. Also kalamālō and ʻemoloa. (Neal 64.) See song, kehakeha.

2. nvi. A hula step, to do this step, which is said to be named for the grass: one foot taps time with the heel, the toes being stationary, while the other foot, flat, steps forward and then a little back, twice or more; the step is repeated reversing the feet. In English this is called the Ka-lā-kaua step because the step is used to begin the hula dedicated to Ka-lā-kaua: Ka-lā-kaua nō he inoa, ka pua mae ʻole i ka lā, a name chant for Ka-lā-kaua, the flower that wilts not in the sun.

3. n. A seaweed, perhaps Wrangelia penicillata, which resembles the flowering head of Eragrostis variabilis.

4. n. A type of house thatching.

5. vi. To hang loose, as long hair (Kel. 116).

ʻĀ

Kii: Bird finding info

Ā

1. nvi. Fiery, burning; fire; to burn, blaze. Fig., to glitter or sparkle, as a gem; to burn, as with jealousy or anger. ʻĀ akaaka, to shine brightly, as stars. ʻĀ ke kaimana, the diamond sparkles. hoʻā To set on fire, burn, ignite; to light, as a lamp. Fig., to incite, arouse. Ua hoʻā ʻia kona inaina, his anger was aroused. Hoʻā imu, to light an oven; one who lights an oven. (PPN kakaha, PNP kaa.)

2. nvi. Aa lava, or lava rock, as distinguished from smooth unbroken pāhoehoe lava (formerly preceded by ke); to flow, as aa lava.

3. Same as ʻaʻa 1, to dare. ʻAʻole ʻoia i ʻā e noho, he did not dare to stay.

4. n. Red-footed booby bird (Sula sula rubripes), brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), masked or blue-faced booby (Sula dactylatra personata); all indigenous and also breeding elsewhere. Also ʻaʻa. Legendary birds believed to have taken the shape of this bird are ʻā ʻaia, ʻā-ʻai-ʻanuhe-a-Kāne and ʻā-ʻaia-nui-nū-keu; ʻā by some were considered ʻaumākua. See also Kep. 33.

5. n. Young stage of damselfish (ʻāloʻiloʻi). Also ʻaʻā. ʻĀ ʻaki maunu, bait-taking ʻā [said of petty thieves; a var. phrase is ʻā ʻaki makau, hook-taking ʻā].

6. interj. Oh! Well! Ah! Er … (Gram. 12.) (PNP kaa.)

7. vt. To drive, as fish or cattle. ho.ʻā Caus/sim.

8. n. The letter “a.” Eng. (P/E dict)

Koa'e 'Ula

Kii: Hob Osterlund, USFWS

Koa'e Kea

KII: Alex Wang

Kii: Linda Pascatore

 Unlike many birds that avoid the sulfurous gases of the caldera, the koaʻe kea actually nests in the sheer cliff walls of the craters. They use the thermal updrafts from the volcanic heat to soar with minimal effort.

 While they are stunning in the air, they are notoriously clumsy on land. Because their legs are set so far back on their bodies for swimming and diving, they can't really "walk"—they mostly push themselves along on their bellies to reach their nesting crevices.

That black eye-mask isn't just for show; it's thought to help reduce glare from the sun reflecting off the ocean surface while they hunt for fish and squid.

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Punaʻaikoaʻe

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

It was dark in the cave. You could hear the silence. Punaʻaikoaʻe, the chief of Oʻahu, didn’t know where he went wrong. He had become the captive of his lover Kalamainuʻu.The waves at Waimānalo had been sublime for surfing, but suddenly he was overcome by the beauty of a woman who approached him on the water, Kalamainuʻu. He followed her on his surfboard to a cave on the island of Molokaʻi where she took him as her lover. And now he was held captive. He soon found out from the brother of Kalamainuʻu, Hīnale, that she was not a human woman. She was a moʻo (a giant supernatural shape-shifting lizard).Punaʻaikoaʻe told Kalamainuʻu that he desired the chilled waters of Poliʻahu (the deity of snow) from the island of Hawaiʻi. He convinced her to ascend Maunakea and gather water so that he could quench his thirst. Before she left, Punaʻaikoaʻe secretly punched holes into her huewai (water gourd). This allowed the water to drain from it as she attempted to bring it to him. This delayed her return, which allowed him to flee to Kīlauea volcano and put himself under the protection of his former wife’s family, the family of Pele. Pele was driven to be with Punaʻaikoaʻe for his good looks and looked for any opportunity to protect him from Kalamainuʻu because of how he had been treated.Vexation consumed Kalamainuʻu when she realized that she was tricked. She summoned the moʻo from all parts of the Hawaiian archipelago and together they swarmed to the edge of the home of Pele. At the craterʻs edge, she threatened to fill the volcano with phlegm to extinguish the flames of the crater unless Punaʻaikoaʻe was released to her. In her rage, she did not realize that she was standing on Kapalikapuokamohoaliʻi, the sacred cliffʻs of Peleʻs oldest brother. Soon she felt an unbearable heat radiate beneath her feet. Volcanic ballistics exploded into the air and the heat from the volcanic gasses was so intense that all of Peleʻs adversaries died between the clefts of the Kīlauea volcano. Kalamainuʻu fled and plunged into a pond called Lokoaka in order to survive the eruption. Kalamainuʻu barely escaped with her life and was not able to reclaim Punaʻaikoaʻe as her own.You are able to see a part of this story take place right up to this very day. The kinolau (the many body forms taken by a supernatural being) of Punaʻaikoaʻe in the form of the bird koaʻe kea continues to fly over the home of Pele. From the sacred cliffs of Kapalikapuokamohoaliʻi, you are able to see the koaʻe kea, or white-tailed tropic bird, and the consecrated protection it has under the domain of Pele.