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: George Silver
Why Do I Feel Like I’m Not Accomplishing Anything?
I’m not quite sure what the issue is but lately I’ve found that I’ve been feeling very distracted with regards to my various projects and I haven’t been feeling like I’m really getting a lot done. Oddly I’ve been feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Goals, 2010 Project Plans, Embroidery, Etsy Shop, Fencing, Fighting, Flanders Gown, Forehead Cloth, Foundations Revealed, George Silver, HMA, Joseph Swetnam, Project, Sewing, Swetnam, The Jacket Project, Tutorial, Vincentio Saviolo, Wool Hosen
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On The Advantages And Disadvantages of Height
I know a lot of tall fighters and a lot of not-so-tall-fighters. I am a not-so-tall-fighter. I’m not short by any means but at 5’7” I’m usually shorter than the 6’-ish fighters I generally face. I know a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Fencing, Fighting, George Silver, HMA, Philosophy, Vincentio Saviolo
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George Silver: On the Placement of the Feet
I thought I would take some time today to talk about my theory on Silver’s stance. While Silver discusses wards in his discussion of the Four General Fights, he does not directly discuss the placement of the feet. In his … Continue reading
George Silver: The Four Times
In his discussions of time in his Bref Instructions, George Silver outlines Four Times: The time of the hand, the time of the foot, the time of the hand and foot, and the time of the foot and hand. The … Continue reading
George Silver: No Perfect Fight Without Both Blow and Thrust
Silver is most often known as a proponent of the blow rather than and advocate for the thrust. His fighting style, by virtue of favoring the English Broadsword as the weapon of choice, incorporates far more cutting attacks than thrusts. … Continue reading
George Silver: A Brief Overview of His General Rules (2-10)
After dealing with Silver’s first general rule in depth I decided I wanted to do a brief overview of his other general rules, delving into them more deeply in later posts. In Silver’s second rule he stresses that a fighter should … Continue reading
George Silver: The Four Governors
The 4 governors are those that follow 1. The first governor is judgment which is to know when your adversary can reach you, and when not, and when you can do the like to him, and to know by the … Continue reading
New Additions
There hasn’t been alot to add this week. I’ve been working on prep for Mousehole so I haven’t had as much time to write about my projects or martial arts. I expect that will get back to normal though next … Continue reading
George Silver: His First General Rule
In general I am a big believer in starting from the beginning. That is why last week I chose to start my training manual for Silver with his Four Grounds. In retrospect I probably should have had a bit more … Continue reading
George Silver: The Four Grounds
The four grounds or principals of that true fight at all manner of weapons are these four, viz. 1. judgment, 2. distance, 3. time, 4. place. The reason whereof these 4 grounds or principals be the first and chief, are … Continue reading