Paul Wagner

Paul Wagner is a founding member of the Stoccata School of Defence and the Sydney School of Arts in Sydney, Australia. He has been instructing HEMA since 1991. Paul specializes in British systems, with numerous publications, and is a regular instructor at international conferences, including the ISS in Germany, WMAW, PNW HEMA Gatheirng, Bucklerfest and Swordsquatch in the US, VISS and An Cruinneachadh in Canada, the NZ Sword Symposium, the Smallsword Symposium in Scotland, and the BFHS Gathering in England.

Articles

“Common Themes in the Fighting Tradition of the British Isles” in Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books, Brill (2016)

“English Longsword: a Tactical Approach” in In the Service of Mars, Vol. II

   Proceedings from the Western Martial Arts Workshop 1999–2009, Volume II

(2015)

“Hawks, Rabbits, and Tumbling Cats: An Analysis of English Longsword Terminology” in In the Service of Mars. Vol. I Proceedings from the Western Martial Arts Workshop 1999–2009, Volume I (2011)

“An Introduction to Thomas Page’s “The Use of the Broad Sword” (1746)” in In the Service of Mars. Vol. I Proceedings from the Western Martial Arts Workshop 1999–2009, Volume I (2011)

"Gaelic Swordsmanship" in Highland Swordsmanship, ed. Mark Rector, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002

"Inside, Outside, Left Foot, Right Foot: Assumptions of Handedness in Weapons of the Staff" in SPADA Vol.1, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002

"Highland Swordsmanship" in SPADA Vol.1,Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002

"Talhoffer’s sword and duelling shield as a model for reconstructing Early Medieval sword and shield techniques" with Stephen Hand in SPADA Vol.1, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002

Books

Pictish Warrior AD 297-841 (Warrior Series 50), Osprey Publishing, 2002

Master of Defence: The Works of George Silver, Paladin Press, 2003

Medieval Sword and Shield by Paul Wagner and Stephen Hand, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2003

Highland Broadsword by Paul Wagner and Mark Rector, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2004