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Goliath: A Story Of King Kamehameha

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King Kamehameha, using his disadvantage as an advantage, he led my Hawaiian ancestors to victory that day. By using the home court advantage and the use of the entire battlefield, exactly how David defeated Goliath (by using the entire battlefield to their advantage). Much like David, Kamehameha was also facing a Goliath, Cook had many smarts in battles and introduced so much western ideas and he had more experience with those western items, battle tactics was something Cook was very smart in but so was Kamehameha. The young chief ordered six canoes that manned 12 men each and his double giant double hulled canoe which held 21 personnel, he had them launch from a beach right on the outskirts of Ke,alakekua Bay and used the strength of his men to paddle quickly and swiftly close enough to a point where Cook and his men did not notice them. The men of the twelve man canoe’s were ordered by kamehameha to a halt. The men abandoned their canoes, to take a dive to Cook 's boats that were in the bay to take them by surprise, and against all odds Kamehameha 's plan worked. …show more content…

Cook 's men not at all expecting that to happen, just like Vivek Ranadive 's Full court press caught many coaches off guard, leaving them shocked and not knowing what to do, that 's exactly what Chief Kamehameha did to Cook and

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