Play #253
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.126/#2) (Porta di Ferro Larga with the Sword in Presence) If your enemy is set with the sword in presence with his right foot forward and you are set in porta di ferro larga with the right foot forward; there you will withdraw the right foot back lifting a rising falso that goes to guardia alta; after that you will feint a mandritto fendente onto his head to the end that to entice the enemy into attacking your sword hand; and so you be mindful to pass the right foot forward withdrawing the sword hand in such a way that the enemy's attack goes in vain; and then you will quickly throw a mandritto fendente across his sword arm that descends into porta di ferro larga; note it behooves one to make this attack with shrewdness, namely to recognize the tempo.