In the 20^th century, the lives of students in fraternities fencing in Germany were influenced by the ‘mensur’. The conventional type of fencing practiced by some corporations of students referred to as studentverbindugen in Poland, Lithuania, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany is referred to as measure. In other words, it is also known as academic fencing. It is a strictly and conventional regulated rapier fights amongst two male members of different fraternities with sharp weapons. In the 16^th century, the phrase mensur also referred to the particular distance amongst each of the fencers. In Western cultures, it is still practiced are for duel objectives sharp weapons like living blade culture are still used.

In modern times, the mensure is neither considered as a sport nor as duel. It is only one of the conventional methods of educating personality, character, and training. Thereby, mensur is about not losing or not winning. In opposition to sport fencing, at a fixed distance the participants take their stand on the ground. Whereas, the duelers used to wear normal clothing such as light-cloth armor on throat, torso, or arm. Moreover, fencers are also protected by padding or mail for the throat, gauntlet – fencing hand, fencing arm and the body along with nose guard. However, a nose guard is uncommon in Switzerland and Austria. While in attempts to hit the unprotected areas of the fighter such as head and face, nose guard is one of the most uncommon things in Switzerland and Austria. Whereas, dodging or flinching is not allowed as the key objective is to prevent giving more than injury.

In Germany, students from different backgrounds are living. They are also faced with student fraternity. One of the prime examples of such German student is Hempel who used to value his friends, but due to the traditional practicing of mensur, he opted to slash his friends’ faced with a sword. Similarly, there was another student of law from Humboldt University from Bremen. He belongs to one of the oldest male college fraternities of Germany and belonged to the well-heeled suburb of Dahlem the capital of German and to the Cops Marchia Berlin. German students’ lives revolve around mensur or the fencing match which is also known as the swordsmen. It is held in the presence of trusted attendants and includes razor-sharp blades. The tradition of mensur also has been originated from Napoleonic wars.