Mission Statement
We are three friends from west London who are passionate about our hobby – Viking-Age re-enactment with steel combat. Many years ago, as the ‘Living History’ side of what we do was being developed, guys like us were branded ‘Combat-Wombats’. No interest in LH, crafts or persona, just hitting each other with swords and then back to celebrate our victory (we always have a victory to celebrate – even when we die!).
Partners, even wives, come and go but we are still there, Sunday night training in the same venue for 10 years, events with The Vikings in the Summer, banquets or feasts whenever. Over the last 15 years between us we have visited and fought in almost every country in N. Europe.
This trip to the US is being paid for by us, because we want to meet and train people who are interested in what we do. We are doing it in our capacity as training officers (Recognised Training Thegn or RTT) of The Vikings, and with the blessing of our national Training Officer. This means that those who complete the course will receive a photo ID pass that will be valid for at the next major Hastings re-enactment in 2005 or 2006.
Links
Click here for The Vikings Official training Manual Version 6. This is a 500kb PDF file which is used as a 'bible' by Vikings RTT's. To download, right-click on your mouse and 'save as'. Please email me if you have any questions.
Click here for Our biogs. A quick run through of the major events and experience we have.
Click here for Vikings Weapon and Combat Gloves Specifications. These are the rules currently used by The Viking in the UK and are illustrated with examples of what acceptable gloves should look like.
Click here for Vikings Helmet examples.
Soon you'll be able to click here for Vikings Shield specs and examples, but I'm still working on this one, and it will be up by end of February.
Click here for a Basic Costume Guide for New Recruits. This is a 1 MB PDF file illustrated and describing what is regarded as good starting kit here in the UK. To download, right-click on your mouse and 'save as'.
Click here Thorolf the Hersir. A set of photos I took of Thorolf at Battle Abbey this autumn. It includes some blow-ups of kit and costume.
Click here for the Weather Channel forecast for Kansas City.
Click here for my Home Page.
Yahoo
Since our type of steel-weapons combat without lots of armour is still fairly new in North America I have created a Yahoo list called The-Vikings-List to help us stay in touch with each other. It is currently a private list, so I or my fellow moderator will have to approve you.