(p.124/#2) (Porta di Ferro Stretta vs. Porta di Ferro Larga) If your enemy is set in porta di ferro larga with the right foot forward and you are set in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward in a wide stance, you will be keeping the sword arm extended as far forward as possible, and you will be directing the point of your sword at his sword hand; and there you will feint a thrust to his sword hand and with shrewd skill, you will throw a fendente onto his front 43 This is particularly interesting because for the first time the author explicitly states the distance required. foot, throwing immediately a rising falso to the sword hand, and then you will withdraw the right foot back setting yourself in coda lunga stretta.