Strum from Keoki kahumoko DVD

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Is there a name for the strum on Keoki Kahumoko's DVD in the alternating strum chapter?

It is here at 2:52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIAhVZdrbFE

He mentions names for some of the strums but not all.

Thanks
 
According to the instructor in my ukulele class, the strum is called "maleka."
Here's one example of it (although I think the music was overdubbed and you can't actually watch the strum):
 
:cool: That sounds like the strum and thanks for the link. Fun to have a tune to practice it to instead of D7. G7, C
 
We play Puamana with that strum. There aren't really any YouTube videos of Puamana that demonstrate this strum, but here's a performance of Puamana where you can hear the strum if you listen carefully. This video and audio quality aren't all that great, but it should be easy to find sheet music for Puamana online in case you want to play along, although the song changes key a few times in this performance.

 
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