(p.165/#9) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Coda Lunga Stretta; Counter to (#392)) The counter to the aforesaid attack is to not allow him to take your sword with a falso, but to cautiously turn it to the underside of the enemy's sword and raise up into guardia di testa to defend yourself against the roverso, and then immediately making a mandritto to his face or to his leg and finally placing the sword into porta stretta di ferro.