Play #629

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.225/#4) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Porta di Ferro Stretta or Coda Lunga Stretta) If your enemy were set in coda lunga stretta or in porta di ferro stretta with his right foot forward, you will place yourself in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward; and there you will make a falso tondo with the sword well-grasped to his face or to his sword, then subsequently you will be able to pass with your left foot towards his right side feinting a mandritto to his head; and as he goes to defend this in some way, you will throw a roverso to his front leg or to his sword arm, or to his sword hand, this roverso shall not pass coda lunga stretta; if he should respond with some attack here to your upper parts, take yourself into guardia di testa for your defense, and passing subsequently with your right foot towards his left side, turning a rising mandritto to his sword hand or to his sword arm, making your left leg follow behind the right, making your sword stop in porta di ferro alta.