Welina mai kākou
e nā hoa o Ku‘ialuaopuna!
Kuʻialuaopuna 是一个私人团体，致力于保护古老的夏威夷 Lua 格斗艺术。
于 2005 年在夏威夷普纳的土地上成立。我们的使命是通过使用和实践我们的本土格斗艺术来促进和保护文化和传统知识。
Ku‘ialuaopuna continues the art of Lua from the passing of knowledge and teachings of respected ‘Ōlohe and kupuna.
Our pa lua works as one to continue this legacy and develop current opportunities as an active community contributor.
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Mamao is a family oriented workshop that teaches various mo‘olelo, or stories, chants, and skills related to the Cultural Practices of Puna.
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Ku‘ialuaopuna is committed to the following goals:
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Maintain the continuation of Lua, an indigenous Hawaiian practice.
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Create traditional learning spaces for the youth of Puna through hands-on learning classes to develop, for our keiki, connections to self, ‘ohana, community, ‘āina (land or environment), and indigenous cultural practices.
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Build a facility in Puna with proper infrastructure for community organizations to utilize for cultural practices.
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Build a repository of traditional knowledge for the people of Hawai‘i and Polynesia by conducting the necessary research, documenting interviews, translating dialogue and film, and developing a secure online space for members to access
A hālau, pa or school, is where traditional Hawaiian learning takes place. The environment plays a vital role in our learning. Understanding that we make up a small part of the forest, land, ocean, and sky. All these forces have a living energy that we choose to be a part of in the learning process, which makes us aware that we are not the only higher beings on this land. We are just a part of the whole and we are always learning and growing for the benefit of the whole.
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A traditional Hawaiian learning sites that are open for use, to other practitioners and educational groups of various native professions and arts. Certain specific sites and locations keeps us linked to our kupuna.
Let's unify across the Pacific!
The various arts of a people can be traced through a genealogy. This genealogy that can be followed from teacher to teacher, from a people to a people or from one island group to another. From the various migrations that came to Hawaiʻi, from Tahiti, Sāmoa, Tonga, Marquesas and other places, we look to establish connections and relationships.