Hawaiian weapons were carved out of Koa wood. Clubs were often inlaid with shell or bone for decoration. In some cases like the Hawaiian Lei o Mano or the shark tooth club, bone, rock, shell or shark teeth were used in place of metal for the purpose of tearing or piercing flesh. Each club has a specific use and targets a specific part of the body.
The ancient Hawaiian instruments of war were created from wood and cordage, and tooth and bone. Some of these weapons are taught in the Hawaiian martial art of Lua.
iHE – Short Spear
iHE LAUMEKI – Short Spear with Barbed Edges
iWi – Human Bone Knife
KA’ANE – Strangling Cord
KAMEHAMEHA – Throwing Axe
KAO LELE – Dart or Javelin
KO‘OKO‘O – Cane used for close-range fencing
KO’O – Staff
KU’EKU’E – Knuckle Duster
LA’ AU PALAU – Long-Handled Club
LEi-O-Mano – Wrap-Around Shark Tooth War Club
MA’A and MA’A ALA – Sling and Stone
MAKA PAHOA – Double-Edge Eye Dagger
NEWA – Hawaiian War Club
NIHO-manō hoe (Shark-Tooth War Paddle or War Canoe Oar)
PAHI KAUA – Sword
PAHOA – Dagger
PIKO’I – Tripping Cord or Hurling Club attached to a 20’ cord
POLOLU – Battle Pike
SPORTS CONQUERING FEAR
PAPAHOLUA SLED – Surfing down mountains
