--- title: Game of Thrones: Jason Momoa Does Haka in Video description: Jason Momoa performed the Haka, a traditional Maori war cry and dance while visiting Mark Hunt, a New Zealand mixed martial artist. canonical: https://time.com/4805870/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-dance/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-05T18:06:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:11.105Z og:title: Watch Game of Thrones' Star Jason Momoa Do a Traditional Dance og:description: Khal Drogo, is that you? og:url: https://time.com/4805870/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ab6140b43f416ee/6988d02886f68e66346e4fc2/jason-momoa-haka-video.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: CinemaCon 2017 - Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Game of Thrones' Star Jason Momoa Do a Traditional Dance twitter:description: Khal Drogo, is that you? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ab6140b43f416ee/6988d02886f68e66346e4fc2/jason-momoa-haka-video.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Please Enjoy 'Game of Thrones' Star Jason Momoa Doing a Traditional Dance  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 5, 2017 6:06 PM UTC  LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 29: Jason Momoa speaks onstage at the CinemaCon 2017 - Warner Bros. Pictures presentation held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on March 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, United States. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 29: Jason Momoa speaks onstage at the CinemaCon 2017 - Warner Bros. Pictures presentation held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on March 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, United States. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Michael Tran—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 5, 2017 6:06 PM UTC While [Jason Momoa](http://time.com/3516894/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-audition-tape/) is filming [_Aquaman_](http://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/), the beloved [_Game of Thrones_ star](http://time.com/4641078/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-khal-drogo-audition/) found time during his schedule to perform a haka for his friend, Mark Hunt, a mixed martial artist from New Zealand who’s known as “The Super Samoan.” Hunt, who was visiting the Australian gym Heartbreak Conditioning, was honored with the traditional Maori war cry and dance by the members of the gym, which included Momoa, who’s currently filming his new superhero movie down under. According to an [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BUqJAQXDYzw/?taken-by=colehbc&hl=en) from Heartbreak Conditioning founder and owner Cole Te Tuhi Puru, the haka was specially composed for the gym and is only used on “special occasions.” Watch Momoa perform the haka below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4805870/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4805870/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-dance/"},"headline":"Please Enjoy 'Game of Thrones' Star Jason Momoa Doing a Traditional Dance","datePublished":"2017-06-05T18:06:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:11.105Z","description":"Khal Drogo, is that you?","url":"https://time.com/4805870/game-of-thrones-jason-momoa-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Jason Momoa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ab6140b43f416ee/6988d02886f68e66346e4fc2/jason-momoa-haka-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ab6140b43f416ee/6988d02886f68e66346e4fc2/jason-momoa-haka-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CinemaCon 2017 - Warner Bros. 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