Play #252

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.126/#1) (Porta di Ferro Larga vs. Sword in Presence) If your enemy should be with his sword in presence with the right foot forward you will ease yourself into porta di ferro larga with the same foot forward; and there, you will make at him a rising falso, with a feint of turning a roverso his face; and as he will want to defend himself in some manner way, you will presently pass the left foot traversing towards his right side, throwing at him an overhand imbrocatta to his sword arm or to his sword hand, that descends into cinghiara porta di ferro larga; and if he endeavors to attack you here, you will allow the right leg to follow behind the left turning a roverso traversato onto his sword hand that will then descend into coda lunga larga; and there you will pass the left foot somewhat towards his left side making a falso; and then you will pass the right foot forward feinting a mezzo mandritto to his sword hand, and as he goes to defend himself from the mezzo mandritto, or if he circles around in that tempo to strike you, you will quickly pull back your sword hand allowing his attack to go in vain; and subsequently you will throw a mandritto to his sword arm or to his face, that will fall into porta di ferro larga, with the left foot needing to follow the right; and then you will pull the right leg somewhat near the left, then throwing the right foot forward in a great step forwards feinting a roverso to the sword hand or the face, that does not pass coda lunga alta, and as he goes to defend himself some way from this attack you will presently withdraw the swored hand again, and quickly strike his sword hand with an imbrocatta that descends then into porta di ferro larga.