Play #193

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.109/#3) (Coda Lunga Larga with the Left Foot Forward vs. Sword in Presence) If your adversary is set with the sword in presence with either foot forward and you are placed in coda lunga larga with the left foot forward; there you will feint a rising falso to his sword hand and as *** he makes some movement to defend himself from this falso, or if he wants to beat your falso to the ground with the true edge of his sword, be mindful, in this tempo, to pass forward with the right foot in a great pass towards his left side making a sfalsata of your sword under his towards his right side, giving him presently a roverso spinto to the right temple; you may also, in lieu of this roverso spinto, give him a thrust to the face; and now, whether you have thrown the roverso spinto or pushed the thrust to his face, you will give him a mandritto fendente to the sword arm, and the left foot will need to follow faithfully behind the right, and the sword will drop into porta di ferro larga.