Play #495

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.183/#1) (Sword and Targa) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Any) Finding yourself in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward against your enemy, he placed in whatever guard he wishes, you will be able to, without moving the feet, push a punta trivillata , and in this way, not to strike, but to force the enemy to defend himself in some way, and you then will allow the sword to go into coda lunga gathering the left foot near the right, and passing forward then with the right foot feinting an imbrocatta to his face, to make him lift up his targa high to defend himself from this, you will be able to with quickness come down with the point of your sword towards the ground, and subsequently strike his targa arm from below with a falso, making it with great speed of the wrist and then setting yourself into porta di ferro stretta.