Play #12
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.54/#1) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your enemy is set in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward, you will yourself be in the same guard; and there you will make a feint of pushing a thrust to the left side of his chest; and as soon as he will move defend himself from the thrust in any manner, that is to say, that he will go with the point of his sword out towards your right side, then you will have gained the reward of your feint; and so you will pass the left foot forward, and you will make a sfalsata of your sword under his, and in this tempo you will drive the true edge of your sword onto his knocking it towards the ground; and so behind his sword you will push a thrust to his chest, and your right foot needs to follow somewhat behind the left; and if he should defend against this thrust and wants to turn a mandritto to your head, in that tempo, you will pass your right foot towards his left side making a half-turn of the hand, and so you will drive the true edge of your sword into the mandritto; and in this tempo behind his sword, you will drive a thrust to the face or to the chest, the left foot following behind the right and the sword going to guardia di intrare, and by turning your body you will be able to stay behind your sword. Keep yourself aware that when you drive the true edge of your sword into the enemy's blow, you need to make every effort of smashing it towards his right side to better push the aforesaid thrust into his guts.