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'''Kapu Kuialua''' (also '''Pa Kuialua''', '''Kuialua''' or just '''Lua''') is said to be an ancient [[Hawaiian]] [[martial art]] of bone breaking, emphasizing joint locks as well as strikes.

'''Mladen Victor Wickerhauser''', born in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]], in [[1959]]. He is a graduate of the [[California Institute of Technology]], and [[Yale University]].

The name roughly translates to "forbidden way to fight", as it is claimed to have been only taught to the king and his family, and teaching outside of the sanctioned circle was punishable by death. The modern form of this art may actually include techniques from other traditional martial arts, such as [[jujutsu]], [[judo]], [[karate]] and [[aikido]]. Weapons used by natives of the Hawaiian islands may have been focused on primarily in the art at one time, as it is said the fighter who loses his weapons should then resort to "Mokomoko" (dirty fighting methods). The old warriors of this art would oil up and remove hair in order to be able slip away and avoid being grappled in battle.

He is currently Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. He has four U.S. [[patent]]s and more than 80 publications.

==Practitioners==

Prof. Wickerhauser has been a member of the [[American Mathematical Society]] since 1981, and has received the 2002 [[Wavelet]] Pioneer Award from SPIE ([[The International Society for Optical Engineering]]).

Fighter [[John Matua]] is a practictioner in this style and also says he is a distant [[cousin]] of [[Akebono Taro|Akebono]]. He has fought in [[NHB]] style competitions including the [[UFC]].

6'2 in height, his hometown is [[Garden Grove, California]] and at the time of [[UFC 6]] he was 29 years of age, and weighted in at 400 lbs. He lost by [[KO]] to [[David L. Abbott|Tank Abbot]].

== Selected works ==

* Adapted Wavelet Analysis from Theory to Software (A K Peters, 1994) ISBN 1568810415

* Mathematics for Multimedia (Elsevier 2003 ) ISBN 0127484515

His fight record is 1 - 4 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw).[http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=111]

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.math.wustl.edu/~victor/ M. Victor Wickerhauser]

*[http://martialarts.about.com/od/standupstyles/p/lua.htm Lua - the ancient Hawaiian martial art]

*[http://www.spie.org/ SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering]

*[http://www.olohe.com/ A Lua organization.]

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