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: HMA
How to Tell When a Project Just Needs to be Shelved
Sometimes it happens. You had this fab idea for a project. It was exciting and it really got your juices flowing. But once you got further into it you realized that it wasn’t quite what you had had in mind … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Embroidery, Fighting, Goals, Sewing
Tagged 2011 Goals, 2011 Project Plans, Embroidery, Etsy Shop, Fencing, Fighting, Flanders Gown, HMA, Project, The Jacket Project
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Stockings Tutorial Update and Upcoming Ebook Series
For those of you who are not on Facebook (or who may have missed my post yesterday) last night I finished my 16th and early 17th Century stockings tutorial reformat. My plan is to have it available on my site … Continue reading
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
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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Honor and Reputation in Early Modern England
The 16th Century saw a notable rise in interest in the Italian culture in England. While we most often think of the rapier as the most important Italian import in to England it was not the only one. Italian courtesy … Continue reading
Dueling Class Sneak Preview
On June 12th I will be teaching Introduction to the Structure of the Duel in Early Modern England at Atlantian Summer University. I’m working on finalizing my handout and class notes this week but I wanted to give you all … Continue reading
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
Posted in Embroidery, Fashion, Fighting, Sewing, Tutorials
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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Dueling According to Saviolo’s Honor and Honorable Quarrels: After the Lie is Given Gentlemen Should not Immediately Take up Arms
To date we have discussed giving the lie, how and why the man who receives the lie becomes the challenger, and some of the different kinds of lies. Today I would like to begin our discussion of what happens once … Continue reading