Who are we?

The Jorviksippe is a small reenactment group from Austria, who undertakes the effort to create an accurate display of Anglo-Scandinavian Vikings from the mid 10th century.
We base all this on archeological finds, as well as on contemporary written and pictorial evidences. According to this, we strive to constantly improve our display,and there is no end of this development in sight.
Whether or not we meet this standard, lies in the eye of the beholder. Constructive criticism is always appreciated.

Formation:

We emerged from the multi-period Group “Skarbrihhil” during 2006, when we decided to focus our research and displaying efforts on on specific time-period. At that time we also shifted from choreographed show-fights to unscripted free-fights.
In 2007 we attended medieval markets in Austria (e.g.: Ehrenberg, Innsbruck) and southern Germany (Castle Rabenstein, Cave Gladium and Castle Wäscherschloß). A year later we were part of museum based events in Denmark (Trelleborg and Moesgaard) as well as in the Netherlands (Archeon). Nevertheless we also did some medieval markets in Dürrnkrut and Rabenstein.
In spring 2009 we joined with the international famous “Brotherhood of Jomsborg”.
This altered our display a little, shifting it from Anglo-Scandinavian townsfolk to Viking warriors under the command of various Scandinavian kings.

One part of our display is craftsmanship the other is the free-fighting.
We try to make as much of our equipment as possible ourselves. This includes wood- and leather working (e.g.: pouches, shoes, protective equipment …), sewing, embroidery and silver-braiding.

We fight according to internationally accepted rule systems like the “Codex Belli”, the “Moesgaard-Rules” or the “Huscarl-System”.
This means that we do not choreograph or script our fights, but do semi-contact martial arts with blunted steel replicas. Fairness and fun are the main goal, winning is only a welcome bonus.

First of all neither this group nor homepage are a platform for spreading any political or religious ideologies, and we distance ourselves from all these, nor are we a bunch of lunatics, clubbing and hurting each other. We think of ourselves as martial artists and would like to be seen as such.

Visitors since 30.01.2007