Play #516

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.189/#4) (Sword and Small Buckler) (Counter to (play #515)) The counter will be, that when he feints the roverso to your flank, you will not move. But when he throws the rising falso to your buckler arm, you may gracefully defend with your true edge, in the way you would throw a roverso ridoppiato, and then immediately riposte with a mandritto to the face. Or instead, you may riposte by stepping a little forward with your right foot, feinting a tramazzone to his head, and as he attempts to defend it, hit him in the face with a mandritto. Or if you prefer, you may give him a roverso to the leg that ends in coda lunga stretta, and this done, hurl back your right foot setting yourself in guardia faccia for your defense.