Play #48

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.66/#3) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Porta di Ferro Stretta) If your enemy is placed in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward and you are in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward opposite him; there you shall feint a mezzo mandritto to the wrist of his sword hand, inducing him to defend with his false edge; then you will subsequently throw a mandritto to his face or to his sword arm; and you will bear in mind, that as he goes to defend against this mandritto, you will bring your sword hand a little bit back, not allowing the swords to touch; then with all possible speed you will hit his hand with a mezzo mandritto that ends in cinghiara porta di ferro stretta, passing forward a little with your left foot; and if he responds with some attack here, you will pass forward with the right foot defending yourself with a falso that does not pass guardia di faccia, giving him then presently a mandritto to the face, the chest, and the sword arm that stops in porta di ferro larga.