Play #268
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.131/#2) (Guardia di Testa with the Right Foot Forward vs. Guardia Alta with the Right Foot Forward) If your enemy were to place himself in guardia alta with the right foot forward, you will place yourself into guardia di testa with the right foot forward; and you will make your sword hand nicely point to the enemy's such that the parry opens the way to him wounding you at his pleasure, and as he will make a turning to strike you in that tempo will pass the left foot forwards towards his right side making a half turn of the hand to escape the blow of the enemy, and so in that same tempo at him you will push a thrust to the face, the right leg need to follow behind to the left, and if he defends himself of said thrust in some way you immediately will pass the right foot towards his left side turning at him a mandritto fendente to the head or, to the sword hand the left leg need to follow behind the right, and the sword needs stop in porta di ferro stretta.