Fourth against a passing Second

This wound in Fourth against a Second may occur in two ways. The first is that both combatants are in Third on the inside, and the striker goes to find the enemy blade, while the other disengages in Second over the enemy sword and passes beyond with the left foot. The striker lowers the point without disengaging (abbassando la punta senza cauare), leaving the arm somewhat angled inward, as is seen, and the hand in Fourth; and by turning the body with the left foot he meets the enemy as he comes and wounds him in the side under the right arm. Thus the enemy sword passes empty and without touching.

The second way is that the striker has disengaged to the outside, and the other tries to take that time in order to wound above in Second. Then the striker does nothing but lower the point, which had gone to the outside, under the enemy blade, leaving the hand in the same place but turning it into Fourth, and without extending the arm turns the body, removing from presence all that part which had been uncovered in guard. This play therefore belongs both to the family of under-the-sword actions and to the family of passing or turning responses to Second.