Fabris - Plate 30

This wound of mandritto to the head against a third could originate in this manner. One fencer goes to fi nd the other’s sword, and the latter does not move. They then lock blades and the opponent starts pressing against our fencer’s sword to the outside. Our fencer, feeling the pressure, yields to it and, turning his hand from the wrist, wounds the opponent as seen here while keeping his hilt near the opponent’s blade. The opponent cannot parry because, when our fencer yields, his sword falls just enough to enable our fencer to press it down with his forte, preventing him from lifting it again. Another way in which this wound could happen is the following. Starting with both in third guards to the inside, our fencer moves to fi nd the other’s sword. The opponent then performs a cavazione and pushes his foot forward in order to wound to the outside. But our fencer, whose point has already moved to fi nd the other’s sword, merely lets his point fall, turning his wrist so as to end up with the hilt over the opponent’s blade. This way, he wounds with a mandritto fendente, with the hand fi nishing in third, as seen in the picture.