Play #33
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.62/#1) (Porta di Ferro Stretta vs. Coda Lunga Stretta or Porta di Ferro Stretta) If your enemy is set in coda lunga stretta or, in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward, you will be set in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward; there you will throw a falso to his sword chasing it out towards his left side, and subsequently you will make a great pass of the left foot towards his right side, throwing a mezzo mandritto to his face, or to his sword arm, that does not pass cinghiara porta di ferro stretta; and there without any delay you will pass the right foot in a great pass towards his left side, while making a sfalsata of your sword under his, driving the true edge of your sword into his with all your might, knocking if off to the right or pressing it to the ground; and in this tempo you will push a thrust to his chest behind his sword, allowing the left foot to go behind the right, and you will turn the body as much as you are able to better strike him with this thrust; and then you will withdraw your right foot back setting yourself in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward.