Academic fencing

"Mensur" redirects here. For persons named Mensur, see Mansur.

Academic fencing
Mensur fencing in Heidelberg, 1900
FocusWeaponry
Country of originGermany
CreatorVarious
ParenthoodGerman school of fencing
Olympic 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.

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