Lua
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Mass props to La‘akea Suganuma
Pa-Ku’I-A-Holo
http://www.history.com/content/warriors/warrior-cultures/hawaiian-warriors
lua is a journey of self-discovery. First, I saw it as a martial art, Second, as an art. Finally, and how I relate to it now, is as a way of life.
“The key lesson is to become balanced and flexible,” says teacher Richard Paglinawan, a serious, soft-spoken man in his sixties. “There is a time to be hard like Ku, and a time to be Hina, soft. Lua teaches us to hoomau (persevere), to flow with life, not fight it.”
To me, lua is about Hawaiians discovering their warrior selves,” he says. “That doesn’t mean you are aching for a fight, or to beat people up. To me, being a warrior means being responsible for your conduct, and protecting your family, the people around you, your aina (land).
I spoke to this dude after the ceremony,
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZJBwAAAACAAJ&dq=Lua+:+Art+of+the+Hawaiian+Warrior