
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: Goals
Finially Starting Guitar Class!
Share Yep, you read that correctly. After months of saying I was going to start I have finally signed up to begin weekly classical guitar lessons every Friday. My first one is tonight! One of the big reasons … Continue reading
2010 Goals: February and March Review
Share The past few weeks have been completely insane! I have to admit that I’m really looking forward to a long holiday weekend and a little R&R. I have a date with warm sunny days, my sewing, a couple of … Continue reading
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Accomplishment
Share From 12:00 noon until 4:30pm today I turned off all my social sites and email and wrote. I made very good headway on my article for Your Wardrobe Unlock’d: the Costume Maker’s Companion and I’m pretty please with what … Continue reading
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Making Time
Share I have quite a lot I am trying to accomplish at the same time. I know that I have a tendency to take on several projects at once. It’s just part of my nature. I like having multiple things … Continue reading
2010 Goals: January Review
Share Well, it’s the first week of February which means it’s time to take a look at how I’m doing with my goals for the year. 1) Continue to work on my physical fitness and fighting. I’ve been good about getting … Continue reading
2009: A Year in Review
Share I can’t believe it is December 16th. A lot of people review the previous year at the beginning of the new one but I like to take a look at things a little earlier. This allows me to evaluate … Continue reading


