Second against Third using chiamata and the left hand
Plate
Translation
There follows at present a wound in Second against a Third, which came about because, both being in Third on the outside, the striker made a chiamata by turning the sword from Third into a traversed Second to the inside, with the point out of presence, and by turning the left flank so far forward that he uncovered the whole chest to the enemy, but with the sword so low that the enemy could not wound except above, while holding the left hand above the forehead. While that enemy came to wound the opening in the time of the chiamata, the striker with that left hand pushed the enemy sword away outside by the left flank, passing beyond in the same time also with the left foot, with the body low, and disengaging in that same Second, and so wounded the enemy in the chest, extending the right arm as much as he could and accompanying it with the same flank forward, but with the point of the left foot turned outward so as to remove the body from the enemy sword. Such was the cause of the effect seen here.
Analysis
- You make a chiamata by turning the sword from terza into seconda, traversed inward, with the point fuori di presenza.
- You turn the left flank so far forward that the whole chest appears open.
- You hold the sword so low that the enemy can only strike above.
- You hold the left hand before the face.
- When he comes to strike the opening in the tempo of the chiamata, you push his sword outside your left flank with the left hand.
- In the same time you pass with the left foot.
- With the body low, you disengage in seconda.
- You wound him in the chest with the right arm extended as far as possible.
- The left toes turn outward to carry the body away from his sword.