Play #50

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.67/#2) (Coda Lunga Larga vs. Porta di Ferro Stretta or Coda Lunga Stretta) If you are placed in coda lunga larga with the right foot forward and your enemy is settled in porta stretta di ferro or coda lunga stretta with his right foot forward; there if you wish to hit him with a rising falso to the face, you will need do this: feint a rising falso to his sword hand and to his sword and as he tries to defend himself, or if he chooses not to move in the slightest, you will make a sfalsata, passing your sword under his, stepping forward somewhat with the right foot and beating the sword of your enemy with the true edge of the sword towards his left side; then you will throw a rising falso to his left temple then throwing subsequently a mandritto fendente to his chest and to his sword arm that will fall into porta stretta di ferro.