{"id":9643,"date":"2012-09-10T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T00:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=9643"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:21:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T02:21:33","slug":"uh-football-poi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/10\/uh-football-poi\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> football poi pounders"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9uwVTovFFs0?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There is something you will see just about everyday at the Ka Papa <span aria-label=\"Loi\">Lo&#699;i<\/span> O K&#257;newai at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/index.php\">Hawai&#699;inui&#257;kea School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>&#8212;students, keiki to college age, pounding poi and learning about the Hawaiian culture. Recently, however, there was a first for the <span aria-label=\"loi\">lo&#699;i<\/span> patch&#8212;about 30 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/index.aspx?path=football\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa football Warriors<\/a> came down as a team to experience this tradition firsthand. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are just learning a little bit more about <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and pounding some poi and it&#8217;s been a great experience out here,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> quarterback <strong>Sean Schroeder<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is my first time doing something like this since I have been in this program,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> defensive lineman <strong>Paipai Falemalu<\/strong>. &ldquo;And this is my fifth year here.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The players from the mainland said it was something they will never forget. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You hear all about the culture but to actually see it and feel it, and actually be a part of this, it&#8217;s really a great thing,&rdquo; said Schroeder. <\/p>\n<p>The players are usually thinking about pounding their opponents not poi, but the volunteers said the boys were up for the challenge. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They did fantastic for their first time,&rdquo; said volunteer instructor Daniel Salsedo. &ldquo;Most guys they struggle their first time but they did pretty good.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&#8217;t pounded poi or taro since I was a little kid so it was a great  experience to do this once again,&rdquo; said Falemalu. <\/p>\n<p>The players now have a better understanding of what it means to represent <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just how rich in culture <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is, learning little tidbits here and there, it just enriched my experiences in undertanding <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> a little bit more,&rdquo; said Schroeder. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&#8217;s a great experience for me, being from the islands, and especially my teammates from the mainland. They get to experience the Hawaiian culture that a lot of people really don&#8217;t get to experience,&rdquo; said Falemalu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 30 of the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa football Warriors went to Ka Papa Loi O Kanewai to pound poi and learn about Hawaiian culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[58,83,33,459,9,550,56],"class_list":["post-9643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-hawaiian","tag-ka-papa-loi-o-kanewai","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9643"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136414,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions\/136414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}