Play #665

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.235/#1) (Sword and Targa) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs. Unstated) Finding yourself in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward against your enemy; you will be able to make a falso to his sword, and then give him a mandritto to the front leg accompanied by your targa, and this mandritto goes not to wound him, but to make him guard his lower parts; to the end that you will pull the right foot back near the left and your sword will be in porta di ferro stretta, and subsequently you will be able to pass your left foot traversing his left side, making a falso and roverso as you step, and such that the right foot follow behind the left, and your sword ending in coda lunga stretta; gathering the left foot back somewhat near the right, this foot work will be for continuing the play, to the end that you will be able to make a great pass forward with your right foot forward, going with the sword into guardia di testa, feinting a mandritto to the front leg, and as he goes to defend against this, with the greatest speed strike his head with a similar mandritto, and pulling the right foot somewhat near the left, you will set yourself with the sword in porta di ferro alta.