Lua Training Weekend
with Kumu Michelle Manu
Public Opening Weekend of the NATSTA Northwest Regional Retreat
This is a special opportunity to step into a focused training space with Kumu Michelle Manu during the opening weekend of the NATSTA Northwest Regional Retreat.
For this first portion of the retreat, we are opening registration to sincere students, martial artists, and community members who would like the opportunity to train directly with Kumu in a respectful, practice-centered environment.
This is not a lecture, demonstration, or meet-and-greet. It is a training weekend for those ready to listen, move, practice, and participate with humility and respect.
About the Weekend
The Lua Training Weekend offers participants the opportunity to enter the opening days of the NATSTA Northwest Regional Retreat and receive instruction from Kumu Michelle Manu before the retreat continues privately.
Training will take place over multiple days and will include movement, partner practice, principles of awareness and protection, and embodied martial training rooted in Kumu’s teaching.
Participants should expect to be active. The training will be accessible to a range of experience levels, but all participants are asked to arrive ready to participate fully, respectfully, and within the capacity of their own body.
Schedule Overview
Thursday Evening
Wahine session to open the retreat - 7:00 pm (This is a women’s only session)
Friday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Training
Lunch on your own or can be purchased
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Training
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Training
Lunch on your own or can be purchased
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Training
6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner to honor Kumu Michelle Manu
Demonstrations
Sunday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Closing training session
The public Lua Training Weekend concludes Sunday after Kumu’s session. The NATSTA Northwest Regional Retreat will then continue privately for registered retreat participants.
Who This Is For
This training weekend is open to sincere participants who feel called to step into practice with respect, discipline, and humility.
You do not need to be part of the full NATSTA retreat to attend this opening weekend. You also do not need to have prior experience with Lua.
This weekend may be appropriate for:
Martial artists from any background
Students of movement, protection, or embodied practice
Community members interested in focused training
Women attending the Wahine session
Those who are ready to learn through direct participation
What matters most is not your rank, background, or prior experience, but the spirit you bring into the training space.
Come ready to listen.
Come ready to move.
Come ready to train with respect.
About Kumu Michelle Manu
Kumu Michelle Manu is a highly respected teacher, practitioner, speaker, author, and advocate whose work bridges martial training, personal protection, awareness, leadership, and embodied empowerment.
For more than two decades, she has taught personal protection, awareness, conflict management, and resilience to a wide range of individuals, organizations, and communities. Her teaching is direct, practical, compassionate, and deeply rooted in personal responsibility, presence, and sovereignty.
Kumu brings depth, clarity, humor, and a rare ability to meet people where they are while calling them into greater awareness and capacity.
What to Bring
Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in.
Bring:
Water
Snacks or lunch as needed
Notebook, if desired
Any personal items you need to support yourself through a full day of training
Please avoid loose jewelry or anything that may be distracting or unsafe during movement and partner practice.
Registration
Space is limited in order to preserve the quality and integrity of the training environment.
Dates: July 30 - August 2
Location: Trout Lake Abbey, 46 Stoller Rd., Trout Lake, WA
Investment: $300 includes Dinner on Saturday Evening
For questions, please contact: stephenie.going@gmail.com