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Tu'umamao " Tino " Tuiolosega 2 July — 22 March was an American Samoan martial arts Grandmaster who founded the self-defense system of Limalama. Tuiolosega also learned Polynesian dances which he said he later incorporated into his fighting style. He later served as the Marine Corps' Chief Instructor of hand-to-hand combat.

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After moving to Southern California in the s, Tuiolosega began developing his own martial arts system called Limalama , a portmanteau of the Polynesian words lima hand and malamalama understanding and defined by Tuiolosega as "hand of wisdom". In the s, he moved to Santa Cruz, California and continued to instruct select students in Limalama.

Tuiolosega was married to Claire Punani Nelson Tuiolosega with whom he had ten children. Tuiolosega died in Santa Cruz on 22 March Archived from the original on May 29, Retrieved May 13, Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item.