Play #280

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.135/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Any) Finding your enemy in any guard he wants, you will place yourself in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward; and there you will throw a stoccata trivillata to his sword hand with your left foot stepping somewhat forward, then pulling the left foot somewhat near the right, and you will settle into coda lunga larga, and note that this this stoccata trivillata is thrown to incite the enemy to attack you, and there skillfully change the sword into your left hand, and as he throws some attack you will defend yourself with a falso that does not go past guardia di faccia, passing the left foot forward in that tempo and giving him a mandritto to the face that ends in porta di ferro larga; instead of defending yourself with a falso, you may also, when you change the sword into the left hand, defend against the incoming attack with the true edge of your sword in the manner of guardia di testa, presently passing somewhat forward with the left foot and throwing an imbrocatta to his face that stops in porta di ferro larga; and then you will immediately withdraw the left foot back throwing a roverso to his sword hand that descends into coda lunga larga.