Play #162
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.100/#2) (Porta di Ferro Alta vs. Guardia Alta or Guardia di Lioncorno) If your enemy is set in guardia alta or in guardia di lioncorno with his right foot forward, acting as if he will feint to your head with a mandritto fendente, to the end that you will direct your point towards his sword hand, so that he may then make a presa with his left hand to your sword; there I want that as he sets himself in these guards that you place yourself with the right foot forward and with the sword in porta di ferro alta and you will feint the turning of a mezzo mandritto to his sword hand or push a thrust to his sword hand, but you will qucikly pass your right foot somewhat towards his lefft side giving him in this tempo a mezzo roverso to his face, or to his left hand if he should make try to grab your sword and your left leg will need to follow behind the right, and the sword needs to not pass coda lunga alta; and subsequently you will turn a mezzo mandritto to his sword hand that does not pass porta di ferro alta; and if he has the sword in guardia di lioncorno, you may strike his sword with a mezzo mandritto and subsequently turn a mezzo roverso to his face, or push a thrust to his chest, doing this with the same footwork as above.