Play #67
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.72/#1) (Coda Lunga Stretta vs Porta di Ferro Larga) If the enemy is in porta larga di ferro with the right foot forward and your situated in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward; there you will pass the left foot forward traversing towards his right side making a half turn of the hand, directing the point of your sword towards his sword hand in guardia di intrare; and thence you will pull the right foot behind the left, making a half turn of the hand similarly directing the point of your sword to his sword hand in the fashion of guardia lioncorno; and subsequently you will pass the right foot forwarding feinting a tramazzone to the head, and as soon as he moves to defend against this attack, you immediately will withdraw the hand back throwing at him a rising falso that passes from guardia porta di ferro larga, and this falso will hit either his sword hand or beat his sword towards his left side; and subsequently you will give him a mandritto to the face and the sword arm that descends in porta larga di ferro; and presently you will withdraw the right foot backwards throwing at him a roverso to the sword hand that ends in coda lunga larga for your safety.