The ONE thing you need to understand about Ancient Hawaiians is that they were warriors first and foremost. The preferred method of battle of the islands was extreme close quarters combat. And Hawaiian warriors trained an ancient martial art called Lua, which focused on bone breaking, joint locks, strikes, and even weapons and ocean warfare. Training started in childhood with hanging from their legs and arms, leaping, crawling, back-bending and other gymnastics moves. Nearing warriorhood, they m