Play #169
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.102/#3) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Sword in Presence) If your enemy is set with his sword in presence with his right foot forward and you are placed in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward; there you will gather the left foot near the right feinting a thrust to the right side of his chest, and then you will immediately pass your right foot towards his left side, making another feint of driving a thrust into his left flank in the manner of an imbrocatta; and as he goes to defend against this thrust, you will immediately pass your left foot towards his right side making a sfalsata of your sword under his, driving with great force a thrust to his chest, and in that tempo you will make a half turn of the hand, the sword ending in guardia di faccia; and after this thrust you will withdraw your left foot back making a half turn of the hand and setting yourself into coda lunga stretta; and here if the enemy throws some attack, you will withdraw your right foot giving him a mezzo mandritto to his sword arm, or if you prefer, a thrust to the sword hand, setting yourself then in coda lunga stretta.