Play #689

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.243/#1) (Sword and Targa) (Coda Lunga Larga with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta) If your enemy should be set in coda lunga stretta with the right foot forward, you will place yourself into coda lunga larga with the left foot forward; and here passing your right foot forward, you will give him a rising mandritto accompanied by your targa, such that your sword will stop under his sword in the manner of guardia di intrare; then subsequently passing your left foot towards his right side, you will be able to give him a mandritto to the front leg; and if perchance he should defend himself from this in some way, you will subsequently push a thrust to the right side of his chest or you will giving him a roverso tondo to his face, always keeping the targa defending the head well; and thus withdrawing your left foot, you will go with accompanying the targa into guardia di faccia for your security; After having thrown the rising mandritto, finding yourself in guardia di intrare with the point of your sword looking at the ground, in this tempo you will make a half turn of the hand, pushing a rising thrust to his guts. Or after having thrown the aforementioned mandritto, you can pass your left foot forward and drive your targa into his sword arm, striking in the same tempo with a roverso fendente; and if he should defend against this in some way, you will be subsequently be able to turn a mandritto tondo across his flank, then immediately withdrawing the left foot back, you will go with the sword accompanying the targa into guardia di faccia.