Play #644

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.228/#4) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta or Porta di Ferro Stretta) If your enemy were set in coda lunga stretta or in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward, you will be able to place yourself in coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward; and there pulling your left foot near the right you will be able to throw a falso which goes not to wound, passing subsequently with the right foot forward, feinting a mandritto to his head or his sword hand, but in this feint you will make a half turn of the hand, making another feint of pushing a thrust to the left side of his chest; and as he goes to defend against this thrust in some way, you will subsequently pass your left foot towards his right side, and in that tempo you will make a sfalsata of your sword under his, driving a punta ferma to the right side of his chest, the sword going then into coda lunga stretta; and passing the left foot back you will turn a mezzo mandritto to his sword hand that does not pass porta di ferro stretta.