Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
PCC World Fireknife preliminaries: May 14, 2009
[Story and photos by Mike Foley, originally published May 15, 2009] The senior men’s preliminary round in the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 17th annual World Fireknife Championship on May 14, 2009 saw a smaller field of entrants, but a tougher level of competition as the skilled “warriors” once again put their skills with the flaming knives […]
Lua halau visits Nioi Heiau
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, March 26, 1998] Pa-Ku’i-a-Lua, a halau of Hawaiians studying the ancient martial art of lua, and family members visited the Nioi Heiau [pictured at right] and Hawai’i Reserves, Inc.’s new taro project in Laie on March 14 to gain additional exposure to Hawaiian culture. Richard […]
Laie chicken roundup garners wide interest
[Story by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, May 18, 2000] You might say the recent Laie Community Association notice of a stray chicken round-up on Saturday, May 20th and 27th, has really taken flight. Since the notice appeared in the May 4th issue of Kaleo, the story was picked up by the Honolulu Advertiser, […]
China Journal: The Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven was one of the places in Beijing, China, I really liked . . . probably because in addition to lots of shady green places, there were people throughout the large park-like compound engaged in various cultural arts — some in which anyone could participate.