Play #121

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.88#1) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your adversary is set in coda lunga stretta with his right foot forward you will be placed in the same: and there you will feint a thrust to his chest, and as he makes some defense against this thrust you will immediately strike his sword hand with a mezzo mandritto that does not go past porta di ferro stretta; and subsequently you will push a thrust to his hand, passing your right foot somewhat forward when you make this thrust; but if your enemy withdraws his hand back or in some way makes his hand unreachable, do not tarry, but press on throwing a mezzo roverso to his sword hand that does not pass coda lunga stretta; and there shrewdly and skillfully you will feint a thrust to the left side of his chest; and as he goes to defend against it, you will subsequently pass your left foot towards his right side making a half turn of the hand and pushing a thrust to the right side of his chest, the sword going to guardia di faccia with the wrist of your sword hand looking upward; and subsequently you will pass your right foot forward making a half turn of the hand and pushing an imbrocatta to his chest; and if he wants to defend against this imbrocatta in some way, you will immediately withdraw your right foot back giving him a mezzo mandritto fendente onto his sword hand that will not go past cinghiara porta di ferro stretta.