Fiore: Longsword: Guard: Longa (Fol 24r)
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Longa (Fol 24r)
System: Fiore: Longsword
Section: Fiore: Longsword: Guards
Source Text and Drawing
This is the long guard, full of deception. It goes tasting the guards of the companion to deceive. If it can make a thrust, it knows well how to do it. And it avoids blows, and can strike, that it can do. More than the other guards, it uses deception. Long Guard, unstable.
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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
