Tu'umamao "Tino" Tuiolosega
is the Founder of Limalama
He is the Grand Master of LIMALAMA

Note: It is a title of honor and respect bestowed upon the creator and founder of our system, Tu’umamao “Tino” Tuiolosega. It is also in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contribution to the Martial Arts.
Out of respect for the Founder, the title Grand Master will never be passed to another individual in the art and the highest level that can be obtained is that of Senior Master, black belt, 10th degree.

White
The color white symbolically represents the innocence and purity of Heart. It represents the novice state of being; both mental and physical. The state of being is not deliberate. It is the most beautiful and loyal state of attachment. It feeds on trust and hope. It is the state of pure faith.

Orange
The color Orange symbolizes one of the most important qualities of the “Hand of Wisdom” concept. It represents common sense understanding – to know, to be informed, to be aware and to be mindful of others.

Purple & Blue
These colors symbolically represent Limalama’s serene attitude of patience, humility and tolerance. The purples of the sky with the deep blue of an ocean convey the feeling of sereneness in its entire splendor. These colors represent our Art’s teaching of those qualities that makeup an individual’s personality. The attitude of humbleness; long suffering and patience. The attitude of tolerance; being able to tolerate those who are impatient, rude, egotistical, and self-centered.

Green
The color Green conveys a feeling of vastness; the openness of green fields everywhere, the gentle breeze of the mountains, valleys and rivers, echoing the sweet sound of freedom in melodious music. This wonderful color symbolically represents our teaching of broadmindedness. It represents the ability to deal in concepts that are alien to one’s principles on their own merits.

Brown
Brown represents soil; illustrating clothing has been soiled due to diligent hard work, and or hard at play. This represents certain ideals of Limalama, in that, in order to be informed, one must study hard and develop good working habits. Secondly, one must play the game to the best of one’s ability through consistency to compete relentlessly against one’s own better self. This attitude is an ideal perception of this style to note that the students and practitioners alike are at an understanding that in order to be fully prepared for any responsibility, one must be very informed and be aware of one’s own potentials; both mentally and physically.

Black
Black is one of the most important colors of this sequence; that is because it represents purity in the highest regard of morality. Black symbolically stands for “blindness in a Godly sense”. It means (a) blind to see evil, (b) deaf to hear evil; and (c) mute to speak evil. In other words, when we are blessed with this magnificent attitude, we become blind to evil despite the many faults of any individual, we can’t see evil in our fellowmen, and we can only see the good. More so, we are deaf to gossip and negative conversation. It is better to look for only the good in an individual. In other words, when someone is tempted to say something indifferent, bad or evil about someone, don’t say anything at all. To reach this level of purity, one must be well prepared, informed and be fully aware of the risks and losses, just as well as the advantages and gains. This is the symbolic concept appertaining to the same color of robes worn by clergymen and monks.

Red
Red represents the life sustaining element that keeps men/women alive, (Blood). It symbolically represents our teaching of living a good healthy life; by taking good care of ourselves, in every way possible to live a happy full life.

Gold
Gold represents Almighty God, as the all-knowing, all-powerful, all-glory, all-loving. It represents divine manifestation of the Lord's glory from all corners of the entire world; and also his majestic splendor throughout the universe. It symbolically represents the brilliancy of the universe, and Limalama’s belief in the fullness and wholesomeness of life. It encourages creativity and research for the best results to enhance the valued ideals and concepts of constructive living among mankind. It encourages Limalama’s concept of giving, serving, in the spirit of saving and maintaining life; it is within its power to do just that.