Play #179

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.105/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Sword in Presence) If your adversary is placed with his right foot forward with the sword in presence, you will place yourself in coda lunga stretta with your left foot forward; and there with all possible speed, you will give him a mezzo mandritto to the sword, beating it towards his right side; and subsequently you will pass your right foot forward feinting a thrust to his chest, and as he goes to defend against the thrust, you will not allow your swords to touch, but will make a sfalsata of your sword under his, giving him immediately a mezzo mandritto across his sword arm, doing it in such a way that the sword does not go past porta di ferro stretta; and then you will immediately withdraw your right foot back, pushing a thrust to his sword hand, setting yourself into coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward.