Play #184
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.107/#1) (Coda Lunga Larga with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your enemy is set in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward and you are placed in coda lunga larga with the left foot forward; there I want you to pull your left foot near the right making a falso that goes in vain without touching the sword of your enemy; and subsequently you will pass the right foot forward giving him a mezzo mandritto to his sword beating it aside, and you will immediately give him a roverso to the face; and if he wants to defend himself from this roverso in some way, you will immediately make a sfalsata of your sword under his and immediately passing the left foot forward, pushing a punta ferma to his chest; or if you do not wish to give him the thrust, you may instead give him a mezzo mandritto across his sword arm without stepping with with the left foot, your sword falling then into porta di ferro stretta. Or, if after you have beaten the sword of the enemy with a mezzo mandritto as said above, and if you do not wish to strike him with a roverso to the face, you may give him a falso to the face or a thrust to the the chest; and if he wants to defend himself from the falso, you will subsequently take your sword under his, and then you will immediately beat his sword out towards his left side with your false edge, giving him presently a mandritto to the face, the chest, and the sword arm that does not pass porta di ferro stretta; and then you will push a thrust to his sword hand, then withdrawing the right foot back setting yourself in coda lunga stretta.