Primo Magistro di Zogho Stretto

Fiore's high point-forward guard, the entrance to the close play. — Fiore dei Liberi, Fior di Battaglia, c. 1410 — Getty MS Ludwig XV 13, fol. 24v. Wikimedia Commons ↗

Folio 1rItalian (Fiore)

Primo Magistro di Zogho Stretto

— first master of the close play

Fiore's First Master of the Close Play. Cover at half-sword, strike with the pommel, finish with a throw.

Where the wide play uses the edge and the point at distance, the close play resolves with the parts of the sword that work at body length: the pommel as a hammer, the crossguard as a hook, and the free hand for the throw.

The play, step by step

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Incrosada stretta

— close crossing

Swords cross at the lower half, very close to the body. A cut has no room.

Next → Cover with the half-sword · step 2: Coverta

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