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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Tag Archives: Fencing
Practice Log 1/13/2011, etc
Sorry for all the quiet last week. With the ice storm we got last Tuesday and the holiday yesterday I’ve been completely thrown off schedule-wise. I did make it to practice last week although sadly it appears last week was … Continue reading
Practice Log 1/6/2011
I made it out to practice last night. I had a great time and it was good to be out for the first practice of the year. I’m rusty as usual but I was pleased to note that my old … Continue reading
Getting in the Groove of the New Year
It’s the Monday after New Year’s and I’m back at work. It was a truly lovely holiday. After posting my 2010 retrospective Saturday I spent the rest of the day relaxing with my hubby and friends. It was wonderful. Over … Continue reading
2010 Retrospective and 2011 Plans
It’s New Years Day which means it’s time look back on the projects I’ve finished and the goals I set for myself over the last year and start planning out the ones I want to work on this year. 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, 2011 Goals, 2011 Project Plans, Embroidery, Fencing, Fighting, Project, Sewing
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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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War of the Wings 2010
I need to write some more fencing posts! Well, that will have to wait until next week when my article has been submitted. It’s all done except for two pictures I need to take tonight. It’s getting turned in tomorrow. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Sewing, Tutorials
Tagged Events, Fencing, Foundations Revealed, 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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