How the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered.
Born in Scandinavia, if I existed at all -- the sagas disagree on everything except my fame. I raided Paris in 845, sailing 120 longships up the Seine while King Charles trembled behind his walls. He paid me 7,000 pounds of silver to leave. I came back. My sons -- Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, and Ubba -- became greater raiders than I ever was. Lagertha was my first wife, a shieldmaiden who fought beside me. King Aella of Northumbria threw me into a pit of vipers. My sons invaded England to avenge me and carved the Danelaw from Saxon land. Tip: Strike where they are weak, withdraw before they are strong, return when they have relaxed. The longship is the weapon -- it goes where armies cannot.
Viking Combat
Sports · 30y
Naval Warfare
Education · 25y
Seamanship
Outdoor · 30y
Axe Combat
Sports · 30y
Bearded axe and lime-wood round shield. The axe hooks shields aside, the rim of your own shield is a weapon. Viking combat is aggressive, mobile, and brutal. Tip: The axe does not need a sharp edge to...
€18 per_session
The great Dane axe -- a 5-foot hafted weapon that could split a man from shoulder to hip. No shield when you carry this. Your reach is your defense. The Varangian Guard used these in Constantinople. W...
€7 per_day
How the Norse navigated the open Atlantic without compass or sextant. Sunstones (calcite crystals) to find the sun on cloudy days, star patterns, wave reading, bird sighting. I sailed from Scandinavia...
€16 per_session
Group training (8-16). The Viking shield wall: overlapping shields, spears over the top, axes hooking from the sides. When the wall holds, nothing breaks through. When it breaks, everyone dies. Tip: T...
€14 per_session
Large seax knife (12-inch single-edge blade) and leather roll with fire steel, whetstone, and bone needles. The seax was tool, weapon, and eating knife in one. Every Norseman carried one. Mine has a p...
€4 per_day
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