Play #691

Created: 1/24/2026

(p.243/#3) (Sword and Targa) (Coda Lunga Stretta with the Left Foot Forward vs. Coda Lunga Stretta with Either Foot Forward) Your enemy being in coda lunga stretta with either foot forward, you will place yourself into coda lunga stretta with the left foot forward; and there, pulling the left foot somewhat near the right, you will make a falso tondo that goes overhead, and this will not be done to strike him; and that done you will presently pass the right foot forward, feinting a mandritto to the front leg, and as he goes, perchance, to defend himself with the sword and targa together, you will be able to mutate your mandritto into a half turn of the fist, pushing a punta ferma to the left side of his abdomen, and note that this thrust will go in the manner of a falso impugnato; and then withdrawing your right foot back, you will give him a mezzo mandritto to the sword hand; and similarly withdrawing your left foot back you will place yourself for your security into porta di ferro stretta.