Play #156

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.98/#5) (Porta di Ferro Stretta or Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Porta di Ferro Larga; as Patiente) If you are set in porta di ferro stretta or in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward and your enemy is in porta di ferro larga with the right foot forward; you will be mindful that should he want to beat your sword with his true edge, in the manner of a mezzo roverso, to then give you a thrust or a descending falso to your arm, you will throw, with great speed, a rising mezzo mandritto to the wrist of his sword hand as he goes to beat your sword; or if you do not reach him in time, and he has beaten your sword with his true edge and is now coming with the thrust or the descending falso, you will throw a rising falso to the sword hand that does not pass guardia di faccia, if possible, then setting yourself in porta di ferro stretta.