Play #38
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.63/#2) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your enemy 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; there you will throw a stoccata trivillata to his sword hand, but warily, so that he will not be able to beat it with his sword; you will step a little forwards with the left foot dropping your sword into coda lunga lunga; and you will pull your left foot near the right, and presently you will pass the right foot forward feinting an imbrocatta to his face; and as he goes to defend against it, you will pull your sword hand somewhat back, not allowing your sword to be found; without delay you will make step forward again with the right foot, feinting another imbrocatta to his face, but then you will abandon the imbrocatta and give him a mezzo mandritto to his sword, beating it away towards his right side; and so presently you will throw a mezzo roverso to his face that does not pass coda lunga stretta; and if your adversary responds with some attack to wound your upper parts, you will allow the left foot to go behind the right, making in that tempo a half turn of the hand to defend against his attack with the true edge of your sword, then you will turn the body as much as possible, driving a thrust to his chest, your sword ending in guardia di intrare; and then you will withdraw the right foot back making a half turn of the hand setting yourself in coda lunga stretta.