Play #166
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.101/#2) (Sword in Presence vs. Coda Lunga Stretta with the Right Foot Forward) If you are set with your sword in presence with your right foot forward and your enemy is in coda lunga stretta with his right foot forward; you will be mindful that if he feints a mezzo mandritto to your sword hand, and then as you make some movement to defend against it, he may then quickly make a sfalsata of his sword under yours, passing in that tempo with his left foot forward, and making a half turn of the hand to push a powerful thrust to the right side of your chest; against this attack you will defend yourself by raising the sword hand somewhat high with the point towards the ground, pushing well to your inside with the true edge of your sword towards your left side, and in such time as you will have defended yourself from the thrust, you will pass the right foot back, turning a tramazzone with your wrist onto his head that will not pass cinghiara porta di ferro alta or stretta as you will want, also you will be able to turn this tramazzone without moving the feet.