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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Category Archives: Events
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
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
My September
I know that I have been MIA since the middle of August. There has been A LOT going on. Part of the reason I haven’t written is because I wasn’t sure if I could keep all the pieces under wraps … Continue reading
New Tutorial and Promised Links
My Recreating Elizabethan Bodies tutorial is now available in the tutorial section of my website. I got it uploaded over the weekend. Grettir has also made the class notes for is I.33-Liechtenauer Symposium available online. You can download them here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Events, Foundations Revealed, Project, Tutorial, Website
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Short and Sweet Update From Under the Weather
Sorry for being so quiet these past few days. I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather since Monday but I did want to give you guys an update. This past weekend Wistric, Letia, and I piled in the car … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fighting, Tutorials
Tagged Events, Fencing, Fighting, Foundations Revealed
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Thankfully We’re Still in Kansas
Some of you have probably heard that we had some pretty nasty weather here in the Raleigh area on Saturday. Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and the like. Thankfully it was pretty mild at our house. We lost some good sized limbs … Continue reading
Coronation Recap
I had a wonderful time at Coronation last weekend. The weather was lovely although the wind gave us quite a lot of problems on the field. The 30 mile and hour gusts that had been forecast ended up being pretty … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to Me
Yesterday was my birthday and it was quite frankly one of the best birthdays ever. My hubby took me out to dinner with friends and we had not one but two sushi boats! Well, to be honest we had a … Continue reading
Ymir 2011
I had an amazing time at Ymir this year. I thoroughly enjoyed the fighting, got in some very fun pickups (which is my favorite part of any event), I got to see several very worthy people be inducted into the … Continue reading
Pictures on the Way
I did get pictures of my Flanders gown. They are still currently on the camera with my KASF pictures because I’ve been totally lazy about downloading them but I should have them up before the end of the weekend. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Embroidery, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project, Website
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