
Rare snapshot of a Schläger Mensur
Most 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Mensuren are staged. This one isn’t…

Rare snapshot of a Schläger Mensur
Most 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Mensuren are staged. This one isn’t…
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Tagged duel, duelling, fechten, fencing, korbschläger, mensur, Schläger, schlägerfechten
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Posted in 20th Century, fencing, Foil
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Posted in 20th Century, fencing, Foil
Tagged fechten, female fencer, fencing, florettfechterin
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The Elvis Presley of dueling weapons
Who wouldn’t want to show up for a saber Mensur wielding a black-velvet weapon…
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Tagged fechten, hiebfechten, mensursäbel, säbelfechten
Der Einfluß der Jahn’schen Turnerbewegung auf das Deutsche Hiebfechten…
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Tagged fechten, Fechtgeschichte, turnerbewegung
The education of young German noblemen included fencing as well as “vaulting” (Voltigieren) on the pommel horse.
They called it a Dussack, Dusack, Dysack, Tesak, Tuseckn, Thuseckn, Disackn, or Dusägge. And judging from the rather pedestrian taunting rhymes that the staunch craftsmen and artisans of the German fighting guilds made up, it appears that its use was at least as popular as its orthographic variety is mystifying: Some of the 16th-century Fechtschulrheime show that during some 16th-century Fechtschulen, over two thirds of all bouts were fought with the Dussack, by far outstripping those conducted with long swords, staves, and dagger.