Intro

My name is Vik Vikingsson.  I started in the SCA in 1987 at 17 years of age - solely with the express interest of fighting in armour.  At that time in the SCA people who had no other interest in anything medieval and who only wanted to fight were labeled "Stick Jocks".  Hence the title of the blog.

Since that time we've come a long way baby.  I was Squired in 1993, Knighted in 1996, made a Laurel in 2003, and a Pelican in 2008.  I have been Prince of Avacal 5 times and was the first person in the Principality to win AnTir's Crown tourney - King of AnTir in 2009.

My goal is to jot down some of my thoughts/ideas about SCA combat.  It may take on a stream of consciousness like look as I try to write it down.  But hopefully there will be some nuggets of truth to what gets put in this blog.

 If you participate in the SCA then we have at least one thing in common.  Hopefully you will find more as you read. In the end I hope it is fun. If it isn't fun it isn't worth doing.

I am the only Vik I have ever met in the SCA – so if you are at an event and you hear someone talking to a Canadian and calling him Vik then it’s good odds it’s me.  Come over and say “hi”.