Fiore: Longsword: Blows: Sottani (Fol 23r)
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Sottani (Fol 23r)
System: Fiore: Longsword
Section: Fiore: Longsword: Blows
Source Text and Drawing
We are the sottani blows [from below], and we begin at the knee, and go to the middle of the forehead by the path that the fendenti go. And in the way that we rise, by this path we return. Or we remain in the long guard.
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Key Resources
Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Longsword Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi
Online Course: The Medieval Longsword Complete Course
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Source: Getty MS Ludwig XV Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor
