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haumana2000 · 10-04-2006, 02:07 PM

Hello guys. Sorry I have taken so long to respond, as I have been travelling quite a bit. As for the name Haumana it is the Hawaiian term for Student/Deciple. The unarmed arts of the Maori are termed Mamau or Rongomamau. They are similar in design and appearance to Hawaiian Lua as the two schools of Dr. Pita Sharples of Aotearoa, and the group Pa' kui'a'lua of Hawaii have shared a great deal of inter-island knowledge and conduct regular kokua (sharing) sessions. Mamau is wrestling and there are two bothers timoti and jason pahi that compete in New Zealand NHB utilizing the traditional methods. If I remember right there is a female style of wreslting that uses almost all leg holds and maneauvers as well, but I know little of it. The stickfighting methods are very effective and they do conduct sparring called ririwatea or free-fighting with the taiaha or rakau. much power is deleivered utlizing a particilaur method of deleivery for power ( and it has been a long time so I could be wrong called wawae takahia or foot stomp on delivery at the same time as the end of the stick is swung around the back. There are different syles of maori martial arts however, and each school represents a different flavor. Some concentrate on Patu or mere clubs more than others, some strictly on taiaha, and some schools propagate the performing arts aspect more than others which is where I traditionally began my knowledge as I run a large Pacific Island group here in the states and grew up dancing with Hula, and Haka. Most of what people see is this strain, and the accompanying protocol called mistakenly the "wero" or challenge but since this can only be performed on the marae as part of welcome protocol, it would be more of a demonstration. I admit that though I know more than a few about these rare arts, it is a miniscule amount in comparison to more qualified individuals out there. But many of the older kamataua (elders) will not share their information freely.
At any rate, good luck and feel free to ask more questions. There is a great movie called broken english that has modern usage in a fight against some croation immigrants who are looking to beat up a maori who is dating their family member. very cool.

10-04-2006, 02:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
haumana2000 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 307	Hello guys. Sorry I have taken so long to respond, as I have been travelling quite a bit. As for the name Haumana it is the Hawaiian term for Student/Deciple. The unarmed arts of the Maori are termed Mamau or Rongomamau. They are similar in design and appearance to Hawaiian Lua as the two schools of Dr. Pita Sharples of Aotearoa, and the group Pa' kui'a'lua of Hawaii have shared a great deal of inter-island knowledge and conduct regular kokua (sharing) sessions. Mamau is wrestling and there are two bothers timoti and jason pahi that compete in New Zealand NHB utilizing the traditional methods. If I remember right there is a female style of wreslting that uses almost all leg holds and maneauvers as well, but I know little of it. The stickfighting methods are very effective and they do conduct sparring called ririwatea or free-fighting with the taiaha or rakau. much power is deleivered utlizing a particilaur method of deleivery for power ( and it has been a long time so I could be wrong called wawae takahia or foot stomp on delivery at the same time as the end of the stick is swung around the back. There are different syles of maori martial arts however, and each school represents a different flavor. Some concentrate on Patu or mere clubs more than others, some strictly on taiaha, and some schools propagate the performing arts aspect more than others which is where I traditionally began my knowledge as I run a large Pacific Island group here in the states and grew up dancing with Hula, and Haka. Most of what people see is this strain, and the accompanying protocol called mistakenly the "wero" or challenge but since this can only be performed on the marae as part of welcome protocol, it would be more of a demonstration. I admit that though I know more than a few about these rare arts, it is a miniscule amount in comparison to more qualified individuals out there. But many of the older kamataua (elders) will not share their information freely. At any rate, good luck and feel free to ask more questions. There is a great movie called broken english that has modern usage in a fight against some croation immigrants who are looking to beat up a maori who is dating their family member. very cool. __________________ Tenei te koorero mo te wa rapua i te mea ngaro "search for what is missing, hidden, stolen"