Play #231
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.119/#4) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. (See Play)) If you are set in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward and he is set in porta di ferro stretta, or porta di ferro larga, or in coda lunga stretta with either foot forward; there you will pass the left foot forward in a great step towards his right side turning two mezzi mandritti (two mezzo mandrittos) to his head, one after the other, with great rapidity, and your sword arm will then drop into cinghiara porta di ferro larga; and if he responds with some attack, you will pass the right foot forward defending yourself ***** from the incoming attack with a falso that does not pass guardia di faccia, and subsequently you will throw two rising mezzi mandritti ridoppi (two mezzo mandrittos ridoppio) to his sword arm, one after another, the final one dropping into porta di ferro larga; and if he attacks you here, you will strike his sword with a rising falso that goes to a manner of guardia sopra braccio, and thence immediately for your safety, you will retire the right foot back, throwing a roverso traversato to his sword hand that descends into coda lunga larga.