Alison Kannon is an avid costumer and a rabid historical martial arts and fencing enthusiast. She has been studying and teaching Sixteenth Century European martial arts since 2001. She is an enthusiastic historical re-enactor and created Elizabethanmafia.com in order to share her research of the fashion, culture, and martial arts of Early Modern England.
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Event Recap: Atlantian 12th Night 2012
This past weekend was Atlantian 12th Night and I had a lovely time. We got a late start on the weekend due to trying to finish up some last minute projects and packing took a lot longer than we had … Continue reading
Tonight was spent…
Getting my oil changed, eating sushi, and… Cutting out the muslin for my new arming cotte.
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Goals and Plans for 2012
I never know whether to set goals or resolutions. It always seems to me like the verdict is split down the middle on the two with half saying you should always make resolutions because you will stick the them better … Continue reading
2012
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to a happy, healthy, inspirational 2012!
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2011 Retrospective
If I was going to describe 2011 in three words those words would have to be: unfinished, unfocused, but hopeful. 2011 was a very odd year. Our dog Fozzy was very sick with a massive antibiotic resistant staph infection (think … Continue reading
State of the Mafia
The Great Migration is finally complete and WordPress has been fully updated. I’ve also backed up the old Joomla site and I will be deleting that to clear up server space. You guys won’t see any of that but it … Continue reading
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The Great Migration is Complete!
In October I decided to take the plunge and begin migrating everything on my site over to WordPress. Maintaining what was effectively two sites on the same topic was taking too much time and since most of my updates were … Continue reading
Fall Muster
This past weekend was Gardiner’s Company Fall Muster and I had a fabulous time. Projects Started and Completed: I started one new sewing project for Fall Muster: a new pair of linen trunk hose for my husband. I also wanted … Continue reading
Winning!
Today was our office Halloween party. It was a potluck lunch with games and a costume contest. I had a fabulous time and my silver silk steampunk gown even won first place in the costume contest.
The Great Migration
I’ve finally decided to take the plunge and move my entire site over to WordPress. I started it last week and I’m only able to work on it a little bit at a time but I am really looking forward … Continue reading