Hawaii vs. Ohio State - Pregame Haka (2015)

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors pregame "Tika Tonu" haka against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sept. 12, 2016. Ohio State won 38-0.
The person who recorded this is terrible.

[@outhousemouse2010]

I think I could have enjoyed and understood this Haka thing better if the camera guy wouldn't have made me air sick with all of the camera movement.

[@aHondaaa]

agreed

[@dianapaniora2306]

Tika Tonu! Cool!

[@Mick_4591]

Agree

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

Americans should find there own haka that reo is native to Aotearoa and Aotearoa only tika tonu really you wouldn’t even know what it means

[@barackobama9272]

You can clearly tell which players are actual Hawaiians and which are the recruits that had to learn it two weeks ago lmfao

[@hansschins325]

Agreed. I am always impressed with the hakas performed by the new zealand, samoan, fiji and so on rugbyteams. Although i played football myself i wasn't impressed by this one at all.

[@Dylan-qo9vv]

You can tell by their tattoos on their arms

[@supergiantsman44]

Are you even allowed to do it if you aren’t apart of the culture?

[@redskinsman10]

​@supergiantsman44 im sure they are very accepting and willing to teach outsiders their ways

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

Aotearoa haka not Hawaiian Te reo belongs too Aotearoa/cook lsland Maori

[@karenbates5364]

I would love to see a haka in person. I get so emotional.

[@matthewching500]

Come to Hawaii and then come to any big event you might even see me there lol follow my insta car_guy_hawaii

[@AL-md7xt]

Go to NZ then.

[@SunnyIlha]

It is an Outpouring.

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

Aotearoa/Cook lslands is the place too c haka with mana ihi an the wehi

[@TheRodFarva]

I was at this game, the Ohio State fans loved it.

[@crystalb8612]

Yes I was at this game too and we did love it! It was awesome!

[@elsanto8879]

Who won?

[@JMAN97712]

@@elsanto8879 Ohio State!!!!! But we love Hawaii Warriors

[@TZ808beats]

@@elsanto8879 who do you think 😂 they’re challenging a ranked team

[@The1997Hman]

was that what the cheering was for at the end

[@zarekmora7596]

How it feels to chew 5-gum

[@memyladyandthedogs5529]

I was stationed in Hawaii for 4 yrs... they love the culture.......🤟🏿

[@broncoscruffybone9814]

Yeah the Hawaiians love the culture of New Zealand

[@AL-md7xt]

That's a Haka from NZ. This is some commercial bullshit stunt. Typical of America

[@Cj-es5lr]

I was born at hickam afb! I want to make it back someday

[@WeAreSoBackBros]

@@AL-md7xt at least Im outside typing this. Dont get arrested by covid police kiwi LOL

[@patricksamsonas7894]

I’m so glad that they played Ohio State but I wonder what the score was

[@cherryblue1830]

Me when the pizza rolls are done

[@callmelebonbon5425]

i too threaten my food with a war dance when it is cooked

[@mldt5188]

and disrespect other culture

[@yesyourhonoriknowbut9510]

So... pretty much you’re a sped...

[@pitied3744]

@@mldt5188 or honor it

[@3th4nP31ff3r]

It’s intimidating, but it’s honestly more cool than intimidating😂

[@captbosco]

Boy it's a good thing they did the Haka dance, because Hawaii only lost that game 38 to zero. If not for the Haka dance it could have been 78 to zero

[@DIMP11]

😂

[@Kabawan11056]

Hahahahaha

[@isikelicocker3177]

Lolol

[@mantaco14]

Hawai'i is representing all Polynesian cultures #polypride

[@mantaco14]

+Hori Az Maori are there any other polynesian based teams in the nfl or cfb???no this is what your gonna get in America it's represents all Polynesian cultures in cfb whether you like it or not suck it up uce gtfo here with that bullshit

[@skunkmecorrupt]

Lisembitch Your one son of a clueless dumb shet lols Do the research before you talk because it shows you don't know shet about the traditional Maori HAKA durrr brains not all poly speak the same lingo sing the same song dance the same dance. Different Polynesian has a different history that means different languages Songs and dance so we are not all the same if you know what I mean If not......Your dumb Go and educate yourself before talking shet idiot lol

[@jetblack8414]

@Tyrah Haami actual no son Maori are the only ones

[@jetblack8414]

@Tyrah Haami haka is for Maori or any kiwi whether you're Pakeha, Saa, Tongan, kukii, Asian Indian and so fourth if born and bred in Aotearoa kotiro ma lol.. siva tau if you're Samoans , takalo for Niue, sipi tau for the Tongan kings and so fourth

[@jetblack8414]

@Tyrah Haami but, hey what do i know, me being Maori and all 😂😂😂

[@jonahdavis7833]

The Maori were Pacific Islanders, and Hawaiians are Pacific Islanders...they all have war chants..

[@jessepaul482]

Jonah Davis this I a Maori "war dance" a completely different culture then these guys..... It's like me saying that Americans and Russians are the same because they both have white skin....

[@gensunasumus101]

Jonah Davis not the same. Why use Maori culture?

[@greylynn-snakevenom113glc7]

MV M: does it matter? everyone is copying everyone these days. who gives a shit!!! there's no such thing is Culture in this world that the Whiteman rules. When you start to peel away the layers of your so called sensitive nationalism ideologies. you will then start to realize that there's more important issues to life then this carry on irrelevant BULLSHIT you people get caught up in.

[@mayfrasonsier]

I'd like to be a little more specific and say "Polynesian." I know there are plenty of people here who want to distinguish Māori from kanaka, but they conveniently forget that we are one people spread out over many islands. I know some of the māori creation stories. Your people came to Aotearoa on waʻa (waka). The māori traditions acknowledge the fact that they came from elsewhere. Exactly where they came from is not important. But it is safe to assume that many of them came from other parts of Polynesia, made evident in the naming of certain places (like "Havaiki" or "Te Maunga") that share their names with older place names found in other parts of Polynesia. As a person learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, I can confidently say that I can understand some of the words being said in the haka, which leads me to wonder if there really is much of a difference. Some of the word variations are about as different as a New Yorker speaking to a Californian. Same language; different dialect. Words like "tapu/kapu/tabu", "kava/ʻawa", "rangi/lani", "waka/waʻa", "aroha/aloha/talofa", "tiki/kiʻi" "tāne/kāne", "hine", and our deity names all make me wonder whether the differences that people here are pointing out are fabricated attempts at differentiating something that is not meant to be different at all. People here who are upset about the use of Māori haka outside of Aotearoa should at least be openminded enough to allow other polynesian cultures (to whom some iwi may descend from) to practice the dance. As long as the meaning is not lost, it should be okay for other polynesians to use the haka, mostly due to the minute variations in our languages that allows us to understand it, even in other polynesian languages aside from Māori. Besides, this specific chant has nothing to do with war and is more about overcoming the obstacles in your life.

[@medit8iv_native970]

kuz kanaka maoli "hawaiins" are our elders.we came from hawaii to aotearoa. its not polynesians or maori.we all have the same blood.too much to our kanaka brothers just clean up the words and actions west

[@jonathanburrow8846]

I wish my football team gets this lit

[@titangold633]

The kiwis here needa stop getting all butt hurt bout the haka and be proud that other cultures are wanting too embrace it all but in their cultural style . We are ONE!! We polynesian people stick together . We are family

[@kanad.9397]

+Titan Gold apparently Maori think they are the only islanders

[@lucky20803080]

well maybe if all Polynesian people knew tikanga Maori. But they don't so it's cultural appropriation and disrespect. It tarnishes OUR mana when people act like performing the haka is putting on a show for the crowd. Your comment is fucking stupid

[@fijianblood22]

+Kana D. The Maori's aren't like that, they're getting offended that a non-fully Maori team is doing the type of Haka preserved for only actual Maori's or those with Maori blood in their families e.g. Mom or Dad. Yes you can say that Maori's, Hawaiians they're both poly's and so on and so on so it doesn't matter, but you don't see Samoans doing the a Maori Haka and poly's, you don't see Tongans doing it and their poly's. So point is Maori people have all the right to be offended by it.

[@lucky20803080]

+Drake Master thank you. You can't paint all Polynesians with the same brush. We're still separate cultures. How dumb are you to not realise that seriously geez

[@kanad.9397]

+Drake Master naw it was mostly sarcasm lol. Only defense I can think of is hawai'i like the football team, is made up of polys from all over so who knows

[@BadJuju35]

Always gives me goosebumps

[@coachbeam3600]

When they did this it was so awesome! Love from Columbus

[@THEbeautifuLIE]

Maaaaan - Glad y’all didn’t do this before that 2007 Sugar Bowl vs my DAWGZ! Might’ve flipped the whole night😅 #Respect💯

[@leifjohnson617]

That was fantastic! Love the Hakas! You should check out the Hakas that are performed during the international rugby championships.

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

Canterbury crusaders AOTEAROA BABY AOTEAROA MAORI RUGBY NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS YFH

[@hbleblanc205]

Even though they probably lost the game, they will be remembered is Columbus.

[@crystalb8612]

I was there rooting for my Buckeyes and Hawaii got trounced, but I never forgot that Haka, it was awesome!

[@jena6587]

I remember when my team, Ohio State played Hawaii! Two of my great Uncles lived there. I have earrings and a necklace that they sent me from Hawaii. Loved all of it.

[@kevinshaw8810]

Digging the rainbows on the unis

[@alofz1128]

Not to be that *guy* but credits go to the Māori culture. Yes they’re Hawaiian, but the Haka is from the Māori culture, and the haka they performed was literally in Māori.

[@skunkmecorrupt]

It's good to see the Hawaiian embracing the Maori HAKA. Yes we are Polynesian but it makes me proud to see other Polynesian doing the haka. I'm a proud Maori and I give them credit for doing the HAKA cheers Hawaii you done good 😆

[@boonnathan9827]

That was awesome coming from Australia 🇦🇺🤙

[@pn-hv8bo]

Were they saying blow us out 38-0

[@franzhaas3712]

Those uniforms are awsome!

[@waltergastiger]

I miss the One,whened theyed camed to University of Florida and colt Brennan,justed graduated from the School and my favorite Tim Tebow,showed the Warriors,what we were made of and I miss my ole home in Hawaii and wished,I was back home.

[@muzikalwon1]

How the hell can anyone watch this and not get fired up? Those people who did the thumbs down have no soul.

[@rollotomassi6374]

Does anyone know what they are chanting…..

[@ZarnyGrace89]

Lol people getting all cut up about other people doing the haka. Im Maori and i only get pissed off if others are doing it and they are either mocking us or they dont know how2 say the right words and dont know what they are talking about..you can tell if they dont..youv gota do the hard yards and learn about it..not from google. Chur

[@temokootapuhi4588]

Ae tika

[@GhostRider03]

It’s only annoying because some Hawaiians try to claim it as there’s. Without even knowing where it came from or what it even means.

[@GhostRider03]

Papa Bear Spaghet I’m lying? Name a single Māori on that team then since you know so much lol.

[@ZarnyGrace89]

@Spit on it paw paw lol do your research bruh and im actually brown but thanks for telling me what color my skin is ya troll hahaha.

[@GhostRider03]

Papa Bear Spaghet waiting

[@mikemikeh5688]

Must been a hell of a plane ride with these guys! Long flight.

[@CJL1567]

serious question: Do the white/black players do this too or is it just the ones with Polynesian blood?

[@MostWnted]

Much love from New Zealand we love seeing this brothers ❤️

[@johnascurry8100]

Yo!!! That Celebration was legit,I guess they should have saved some of that energy for the game. That got blown out for real look it up lol!!!

[@mayfrasonsier]

A lot of people here do not even know what this haka is supposed to mean. It is basically about the transition from boyhood to manhood. This specific dance is as much about war as Ain't No Mountain High Enough.

[@vegasmaori6621]

takethatthomas no its not lol

[@KyleHurd]

takethatthomas you're clueless and you're proving it, you're thinking of another Haka and you're so dumb y ok u don't even realize it lol embarrassing!

[@hemiheke4920]

@@KyleHurd I'm from Ngati Kahungunu o Pakipaki - where this haka was composed. Waimarama Puhara, the creator of this haka is an ancestor to my tribe. This haka (tika tonu) has NOTHING to do with war or challenge. This haka is giving advice to someone. Goes to show, stupid Hawaiians don't know wat they even doing. All for show. No mana.

[@michaelkraus4135]

Can HAKA tackle or block ?

[@Blitzkrieg.beHappy]

Game on. I'm ready!

[@mrtnite9780]

How come they’re doing tika Tonu? Nothing wrong with it I’m just curious...seems strange to see Hawaiians doing a Maori haka...they have plenty of their own hakas already

[@katherinestiletto]

Imagine doing all this and then getting your ass kicked. These poor lads

[@israelpacheco7527]

LMAO they lost 38-0

[@BostonBruinsOWN]

Elite Candy they do it before every game

[@rocksolid7676]

Elite Candy STFU you can't do better than them

[@leeellenwood5461]

Fool

[@maxboi1036]

W for pregame tho

[@biggdogthor9310]

@@peterrodby2786 I hear crickets. Lol

[@andrewg4us2010]

What was the score of this game?! Lol

[@peterrodby2786]

John Hyper I was alluding to Marcus Mariota because we all thought Tua was a lock. Apparently he wasn't. Murray had better numbers because he played more. Alabama had a weak schedule in which Tagovailoa only played 75% of each game.

[@conanlovespiilani5006]

Kennedy doin dat haka we used to do playing for Westside hawaiian warriors

[@jaydenthompson7919]

🎂 Happy birthday SungHo An

[@lamontturner5435]

Can someone please translate. They are very passionate.

[@gibbethoskins8621]

It's amazing and awesome how these war cries were all throughout the Sth Pacific and all so similar despite huge distances

[@sillau9]

💯 Polynesian people are all one

[@theone-n-only47]

Gotta love the haka (New Zealand).

[@wugwanbaby8536]

New Zealand citizen her they missed a few words but they did pretty good

[@michaeloltmann6828]

I was at that game.great to see that

[@carterflaer7841]

Imagine doing this and then you lose 38-0 meanwhile your team is called the fighting rainbows

[@lizahenry3343]

Kiwi here! tautoko! Best haka I have heard outside kiwidom! Arohamai ( huge love)!!

[@juniorsmith8706]

What’s the words?

[@dazolynburrowsk.8653]

Ha'a koa (dance of the warrior ) #Hawaii 🌺💪❤

[@patrick-zg5rr]

Why don't they ever do a Hawaiian haka... Them doing a maori haka is great and all but they are just doing it for entertainment not knowing the background of it. I'm sure you know more about Hawaiian culture then Maori culture embrace Hawaiian culture by doing a Hawaiian haka then u will really feel proud to represent your nation.

[@BostonBruinsOWN]

patrick they changed it last 2 years to Hawaiian look them up. I like this one more tho

[@maershkinschrabs7597]

Well the only reason I can think of is that they have lost their own culture and identity whilst trying to leech off,appropriate,americanize, commercialize Moari culture

[@peterrodby2786]

Fyi the Maori people are descended from South Point Hawaii.

[@saltyforces8083]

there is no Hawaiian haka Hawaiians did chants

[@bleaxh.mp4127]

@@peterrodby2786 well technically our ancestral island hawaiiki and we went searching for land and maoris stumbled upon New Zealand but we weren't always called Maori we had a longer name but I can't remember what it was and the Maori people here have embraced there culture to each generation and I reckon America should have something like that for kids from Hawaii so they can learn about their tupuna ( ancestors ) and their whakapapa and their whanau past and present cause here in New Zealand its compulsory to have Maori at your school and btw im Maori Ko kirimana toku ingoa ko Ngati koriki kahu kura te iwi ko Waikato te awa ko maungatautari te maunga ko maungatautari ko pohara te Marae

[@patricksamsonas7894]

I love how they played in Ohio State so they can show what it is I really like it though that they played Ohio State but I’m watching this in 2022 Michigan but I don’t know if you will go against Georgia

[@lun4gab3]

Anyone have lyrics

[@xfran1065]

Isn’t this the worse college by rating I’m just wondering going by NCAA 14 latest update

[@55ostaR]

These men are strong there really beautiful to see

[@johnleinaweaver2049]

So they did a haka then went on to lose by what, 50 points?

[@rajasbraindead8079]

Hawaii still lost 0-38. They should have spent time practicing instead of this pregame ritual.

[@aznxkaoru_3437]

Well this is a maori haka and I am part maori 19% but I live in Hawaii anyway over here in Hawaii we (I'm a little bit Hawaiian to around 4%) we have ha'a over here in Hawaii like I ku mau mau or ku ka pae Motu or maoli te Koko or aiha but in Aotearoa (new Zealand home of Maori) they have haka like Te waka ,ka mate l, tika tonu and much more so yea

[@davidfrye6055]

That is soo cool!!!

[@yankeenyc3412]

I heard after the hakka the OSU player went back home straight refusing to play

[@Sportsgeek1991]

They lost the moment those rainbows were put on those unis man

[@kraezd1]

I wonder if samoans would get offended if Maoris started to do the Siva tau and use Samoa or Hawaii language ripp it of and represent to the world as there own. What there responses would be like.

[@jessepaul482]

david bronz fuck u haha

[@tsifty1]

david bronz this is the American Twerking bro, not the Haka....

[@vegasmaori6621]

Norman Hampton sit the fuck you bogan you just worry about your cricket team that tampers with there ballz

[@kruegerk55]

They went on to lose the game 75-3.

[@faptuharrd]

Lol sad

[@mariescott6575]

😂😂😂

[@orlandovazquez2915]

While I find a Haka to be very powerful, it doesn't seem to have the same effect on me when an athletic team performs the Haka.

[@makiasitulai7588]

yo why they be looking like they trying to go super saiyan 3 smh...that said there the best iv'e seen from america

[@DIMP11]

I guess this haka did not help, 38 -0 !

[@dishmandan737]

score?💀

[@MichaelTux]

Powerful

[@KM-sb7fp]

You know all those people from Ohio were like “what the fuck”

[@DIMP11]

Isn't "Ohio" one of the Hawaiian islands ? 😂

[@scrappy6090]

Why?.........Why?

[@ShawnO3258]

Haka shamaka, playing a game of football, not going to war over whos coconuts are whos, or how much food you can pile on one plate at the buffet.

[@edwardrichards3315]

Hey, as a New Zealander, its been offensive to see some of the really awful haka that some of American College teams have been performing. This was a much better quality performance, that was closer to doing the tradition justice. I guess I just have to say thanks for the time you guys have obviously spent making yourselves more culturally appropriate. Kia Ora.

[@EverettGuenther]

I guess it would be culturally apropriate since they are an island culture.

[@antukinprince]

Hawaiian have their own war dance. Maybe thats what they were doing and people just called it Haka cause NZ is known for doing that war dance

[@EverettGuenther]

leinard esteves well all the war dances that island cultures have are called Hakas but there are different kinds of Hakas, like how Tonga or Samoa have different Hakas than the famous Maori Haka that the All-Blacks use, I have to say though the All-Blacks Haka is the most impresive in my opinion.

[@antukinprince]

+Everett Guenther ahhh. I didnt know. yeah theirs is the most intimidating of all the hakas ive seen

[@EverettGuenther]

+Nicknmeland eh I dont know I just watch rugby and the announcers call them all Hakas

[@nomercy7170]

If you can get the chant right you get a scholarship

[@CaseyAnthonyDidThatSht]

They said “You may run up 7 TDs on us but you won’t fight us tho”

[@douglaspatterson1360]

Haka! Before the butt whooping!!!! GO bucks!!!

[@flyinsmamma]

Love haka

[@isaactolan2691]

Imagine doing this then being blown out 😂

[@yesyourhonoriknowbut9510]

Funny...

[@hellenford4901]

Funniest joke I've heard in my entire life

[@rickyespinoza3880]

All that to lose 38-0

[@gavinallen4113]

Not gonna lie that’s raw asf fr

[@Jonas-nf2bc]

If only that translated into wins lol.

[@johnongolla6042]

Just wait

[@bengibson3298]

If Only They Could Play Like That During The Game Itself, Maybe Hawaii Might A Chance To Win.

[@alBngnnuyn8070]

Imagine if Hawaii USA team goes on a Haka battle with New Zealand team. It will be epic.

[@brendonwilson3830]

Nah it would be confusing 🤣 cause they using a Maori Haka and myself being Maori would be questioning where did they learn that from , KZbin? Hahaha

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

You dumb Fuk ITS AOTEAROA HAKA NOT AMERICAN/HAWAIIAN AOTEAROA MAORI WILL WERO TO TEMA E TE AO ETE PO

[@tyronwhaiapu125]

@@brendonwilson3830ANA AOTEAROA MAORI HERE FROM AOTEAROA PISS ME OFF SEEING THIS RUBBISH AOTEAROA MAORI 4 AOTEAROA HAKA ONLY

[@brendonwilson3830]

@@tyronwhaiapu125 apparently from what I read / heard is that a Māori guy went over to Hawaii and taught a Highschool The Haka then they adopted it from there and I guess others joined the bandwagon and made it a thing

[@Mrwitap]

Lol looks funny considering i grew up with that ngati kahungunu haka if they got the actions right they would be mean.... Too much hawaii

[@brownnative4988]

Hard out brother, actions and correct pronunciation....

[@zayakaliga5626]

Lance yeah you bro

[@Ryan-jx4vh]

Such a cool culture. 🏝

[@toroscosmicos9889]

Primitive isn't kool

[@krestainwatsonjr.]

what's Wrong with Doing the Haka?

[@Mr.Guwap0]

I actually can do the Haka

[@krestainwatsonjr.]

+The Legit Warrior what's the translation of the haka?

[@sinisterkill9110]

Its a maori haka not anything to do with Hawaii and were sick of these fucks ripping our culture off just to look hard

[@Kabawan11056]

Losing the game?

[@lowacid2108]

They doing this against osu lmao smh they probably lost

[@Jamesthevampire7172]

Low Acid they did 38-0.

[@danielmonteiromartins8312]

nfl is not allowed to do the haka only in rugby games

[@starstablehorses2343]

I’m a Ohio state fan but this was hilarious

[@steeleboy09]

How was it hilarious?

[@toroscosmicos9889]

@@steeleboy09 ...because watching guys jungle dance and sticking out their tongues and than get their asses kicked on the field is hilarious

[@GlennAustin829]

Guess their haka intimidated Ohio

[@waituripa4514]

Nice I feel the mana kiaora cousin's

[@nottoday.9503]

I’m imagining 18th century Pacific Islanders doing this war dance and then promptly getting mowed down by soldiers in tricorn hats with muskets.

[@marquezsmith8889]

...proceeds to get smashed 57-3 and sent back to Hawaii lol

[@kevinhoward7194]

Now that's mana

[@haven_lady675]

So it's not just a Maori New Zealand tradition? I feel dumb.

[@TruthTheChamp]

And then 38-0 happened.

[@Kabawan11056]

No sht hahaha

[@jd5179]

They laid an egg at the end of the game. Haka my ass

[@tiowillyasmr7451]

Disrespectful

[@markroberts2964]

Kanaka Maoli - Aotearoa Maori we are all one people ☝💚💛❤ Chur whanau