Eric Forsberg joined the King Richard's Faire in 1976 at the age of fifteen. He was hired as a foot jouster through the Society for Creative Anachronism(SCA) which ran KRF's fight ring. Eric's close friend and fellow foot jouster was Dean Calin who also joined in 1976. The fights were not staged, being full contact battles with rattan weapons. Eric took 1987 off to live in Paris and returned to the faire, now the Bristol Renaissance Faire, in order to teach improvisation in the newly created BAPA program. Eric taught but did not perform or direct from 1988 to 1992.