Re: Lua martial art

[LD Landis <ldl@...>]

Hi,

  This adds new veracity to the phrase "dumped in the toilet" which I've
  heard as a threat from one fighter to another before hostilities began.

Renato Borges wrote:
> For those who were curious about the meaning of Lua
> related to Martial Arts, take a look at this description
> extracted from the article "Hawaiian Lua"
> (http://ajjf.org/~ajjf/article03.html):
> 
>   "Lua, then, was the general name for a type of
>    hand-to-hand fighting which not only included
>    hakihaki (bone-breaking), but combined ha'a (dance),
>    hakoko (wrestling), mokomoko/ku'i (boxing or punching),
>    peku (kicking), aalolo (nerve pressure) to cause
>    paralysis, and also the use of weapons."
> 
> It also appears in the Martial Arts FAQ:
> (http://people.unt.edu/~macaw/m-a/r.m-a.FAQ_files/rmafaq1.html)
> 
> > 16.24) Lua
> > 
> > (Contributor: Stephen Kurtzman - stephen@kurtzman.com)
> > 
> > Intro: Royal Hawaiian martial art
> > 
> > Origin: Hawaii
> > 
> > History: 
> > 
> > In the 1800s the royal Hawaiian family decreed that the art would be
> > restricted to members of the royal Hawaiian family
> > (In fact, it is still illegal to practice the art in the state of Hawaii).
> > Since the 1980s, the veil of secrecy to non-Hawaiians has started to
> > lift with the open teaching of the art in Southern California by Alohe
> > Kolomona Kaihewalu. 
> > 
> > Description: 
> > 
> > Hawaiian form of combat which resembles Jujutsu in some of its moves.
> > The primary emphasis of the art is joint dislocation. 
> 
> 


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