Vadi: Longsword: 17th Play (Fol 21v)

17th Play (Fol 21v)

System: Interpreting Filippo Vadi

Section: Longsword

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You believed I would strike with a roverso blow, [But] With my elbow I push your sword across.

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Key Resources

• Facsimile: The Spada Press facsimile of De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

• The Companion Volume to the Facsimile

• The Philippo Vadi Longsword Course

• The Philippo Vadi Dagger Course

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Source: Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma, Fondo Vittorio Emanuele, Codice 1324 Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor