
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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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
Musings on my fighting at Midnight at the Oasis
Share Ahh. The promised fighting post for Midnight at the Oasis. To be quite honest I probably should have written it Sunday. Everything is fresher in you mind closer to the day of the event. But I spent some time … Continue reading
Into the Weekend
Share It’s not often that I have a three day weekend all to myself so when those little opportunities come along I like to take full advantage of them. This weekend will be no exception. While it may sound indulgent … Continue reading
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Weekend Recap: Nap Edition
Share This past weekend I did something that I hardly ever do. I spent nearly my entire weekend doing nothing and it felt wonderful. My weekends are usually jam packed with trips, events, projects, etc so it’s very rare for … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Excercise, Forehead Cloth, Project, The Jacket Project, Weekend
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Sometimes Old Advice Really is the Best Advice
Share Once you begin studying martial arts you begin to notice that they have more in common than you had originally though. But the one thing that you see over and over again, the most common denominator of all of … Continue reading


