Paul Wagner was President of the Macquarie Dark Ages Society from 1997-1999, and was a founding member of the Stoccata School of Defence. Paul has played a Free Scholar and Provost's Prize in Single Sword and a Scholar's Prize in Rapier, and teaches courses in Single Sword according to George Silver, Highland Broadsword according to Thomas Page, Sword and Buckler according to I.33, Rapier according to Joseph Swetnam, English quarterstaff and English longsword. He has given seminars for the Melbourne Swordplay Guild in Victoria, Australia and Medius Auvum Comitatus in Aukland, New Zealand, and runs a monthly course for the Finesse Academie of Fence in Canberra.

In June 2005 Paul will be presenting seminars in Sweden, the UK, and USA.

Paul's current publications include:

Books:

Pictish Warrior AD 297-841 (Warrior Series 50), Osprey Publishing, 2002
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php?title=S3462&ser=WAR

Master of Defence: The Works of George Silver, Paladin Press, 2003
http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=1051

Medieval Sword and Shield by Paul Wagner and Stephen Hand, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2003
http://www.chivalrybookshelf.com

Highland Broadsword by Paul Wagner and Mark Rector, Chivalry Bookshelf, 2004
http://www.chivalrybookshelf.com

Articles
"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 (in Press)
"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

Instructors
Andrew Brew Teacher of Italian rapier and German Longsword
Stephen Hand Teacher of Italian rapier, English short sword and Sword-and-buckler
Peter Radvan Teacher of English short sword