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: Fighting
Setting Up an Indoor Space for Drills
It’s OMG!!!!! cold down here in sunny NC. As an example it was in the teens last night and it’s not expected to really get any warmer until after Christmas. I’m beginning to expect a very long, very unseasonably cold … Continue reading
Fencing Videos from Midnight at the Oasis Part 1
I’ll bet you all thought that I had forgotten. I didn’t, it’s just taken me longer to go through them that I had originally thought. Here are the first three videos from Midnight at the Oasis.
What Sorts of Men Ought not to be Admitted to Trial of Arms
This is a transcription that I did from a passage of The Third Book of Of Honor and Arms that I thought might make interesting reading for a Tuesday morning. I took the liberty of modernizing some of the language … Continue reading
In Between Projects the 2010 Review Begins
This week I start to find myself between projects. My last article was published and I’ve started writing the next next one. I’ve finished a couple of sewing projects and I’m getting ready to start a new commission. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Fighting, Goals, Sewing, Tutorials, Website
Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, Embroidery, Fencing, Fighting, Foundations Revealed, Project, Tutorial
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Articles and Demos
This weekend was spent working on my new article for Foundations as well as pitching in to help with House Red Wolf’s (the NCSU SCA student group) recruitment demo on Sunday.
Posted in Fighting, Sewing, Tutorials, Weekend Plans
Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Foundations Revealed, Project, Resources, Tutorial, Weekend
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Freshly Cleaned Armour
I finished the second coat of wax this evening. I’m very please with how everything turned out. I almost hate to fight in them because they won’t look this good again until I clean and reblue them the next time. … Continue reading
Of Bluing, Tent Cleaning, and Kirtles
I spent most of this past weekend working on projects for various upcoming events. My poor husband was on call all weekend which meant changing the planned projects around a bit but in the end I got quite a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fighting, Sewing, Weekend Plans
Tagged 2010 Project Plans, Armour Repair, Events, Fencing, Project, Sewing, Weekend
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Project: Green Linen GFG
I’ve probably mentioned it here before but for the past year and a half at least I’ve had an unfinished green linen gothic fitted gown sitting on my shelf waiting to be picked back up. It was all cut out, … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Fighting, Sewing, Website
Tagged 2010 Project Plans, Dueling, Embroidery, Fencing, Green Linen GFG, HMA, Project, Sewing, The Jacket Project, Vincentio Saviolo, Website
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The Footwork of Di Grassi
Di Grassi believed that fencing was more firmly rooted in footwork than in anything else. It was necessary to provide balance and to help a fighter put force behind his blows. Stance In his treatise, Di Grassi recommends that a … Continue reading
University Recap
I had a fabulous time at June University this past weekend. I got to spend some time fighting C&T pickups with Giacomo, enjoyed Isobel, Robert, and Lisette’s furniture class, and my dueling class went rather well. It was really rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Cut & Thrust, Dueling, Events, Fencing, Fighting, HMA
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