Play #32

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.61/#3) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your adversary is set in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward you will be opposite him in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward; you will throw a mezzo mandritto to his sword, beating it out towards his right side; and making sure your mezzo mandritto does not pass cinghiara porta di ferro alta; subsequently you will pass the right foot towards his left side throwing a roverso tondo to his face that does not pass coda lunga stretta; and if he tries to thrust at your chest, you will presently make a half turn of the hand, driving the true edge of your sword into his thrust, pushing it out towards his left side, and in that same tempo, you will also push a thrust to his face behind his sword, and so that you will be better be able to wound him, your left leg will go behind the right and you will turn your body as much as you are able; and note you can also step four fingers forward with the right foot, so that the aforesaid thrust is even more successful.