Play #240
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.122/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Any) If you are set in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward against your enemy and he set in whatever guard he wishes; there you will step somewhat forward with the left foot making a falso tondo, and then subsequently you will pass the right foot forward feinting a mandritto to his head, but nonetheless, as he makes some move to defend himself in some way, or if he should go as though to strike you, then withdraw the right foot back throwing a mandritto to his sword hand that descends into cinghiara porta di ferro larga; and there if he responds with some attack, you will pull the right foot somewhat near the left defending yourself from the incoming attack with a falso that ends in guardia alta; and presently you will pass the left foot forward, allowing the sword to go into coda lunga lunga, immediately feinting a rising falso to his sword hand, and if he intends in that tempo to wound you with some attack or to defend in some way, you will subsequently shoot your sword under his in the manner of guardia di testa, passing subsequently forward with the right foot feinting a mandritto to his head, but with great rapidity you will actually throw a rising falso in the fashion of a montante to his sword hand that goes to a manner of guardia sopra braccio; and if he throws some attack here, you will withdraw the right foot back throwing a roverso traversato to his sword hand that descends into coda lunga larga.