Play #147

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.96/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Porta di Ferro Larga) If your enemy is in porta di ferro larga with his right foot forward, you will be set with the left foot forward in coda lunga stretta; and there you will preform a stringere 38 upon him with footwork gathering your right foot behind your left and stepping forward with your right foot; and if he makes any movement as he will almost certainly do, you will stay aware that he may think to feint a rising falso to your sword hand, and then make a sfalsata of his sword under yours, to then beat your sword to your left side, and subsequently give you a roverso to the face; your counter to this will be, that in the tempo that he wants to smack your sword to the right side, you will not let him find your sword with his, but will skillfully turn your sword under his to his right side, passing immediately with the right foot forward driving a punta ferma to his chest; and if he defends your attack in some way, you will presently throw, at a turn of the wrist, a roverso fendente to his face that does not pass coda lunga stretta; then you will immediately pass the right foot back giving him a mezzo mandritto to his sword hand that stops in cinghiara porta di ferro stretta, making then a half turn of the hand, setting yourself in coda lunga stretta.