Play #243

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.123/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta 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 set in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward; there you will feint to his sword hand with a mezzo roverso and whether he withdraws it to keep it safe or defends himself in some other way, you will, with all possible speed, step somewhat forward with the left foot giving him a roverso fendente onto his front foot, going immediately to his sword hand with a rising mezzo mandritto, then withdrawing the left foot back, setting yourself with the sword into porta di ferro stretta.