Academic fencing

Sword fight between two male members of different fraternities with sharp weapons Academic fencingMensur fencing in Heidelberg, 1900FocusWeaponryCountry of originGermanyCreatorVariousParenthoodGerman school of fencingOlympic sportNo Academic fencing (German: akademisches Fechten) or Mensur is the traditional kind of fencing practised by some student corporations (Studentenverbindungen) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia, and, to a minor extent, in Belgium, Lithuania, and Poland. It is a traditional, strictly regulated sabre fight between two male members of different fraternities with sharp weapons. The German technical term Mensur (from Latin meaning 'measure, a certain quantity') in the 16th century referred to the specified distance between each of the fencers. Technique An 1896 picture of Adolf Hoffmann-Heyden [de], a German Corpsstudent, showing an extensive fresh fencing scar and some minor old ones Student sabre duel, 1900 Mensur fencing with Korbschlägern in Tübingen in 1831 Modern academic fencing, the Mensur, is neither a duel nor a sport. It is a traditional way of training and educating character and personality; thus, in a modern Mensur bout, there is