Fiore's plays 8-10 of the Zogho Stretto

For a full explanation of why we do these plays this way, please see the 2012 article 8-9-10-Stretto!: File:Guy Windsor 8-9-10-Stretto.pdf The issue centres around how we get from the image at play 9, with the player wrapped in a ligadura mezana, to the image at play 10, where the scholar is now on the outside. The argument is summarised here:

Related Resources for Training

Book: The Medieval Longsword

Workbook: The Armizare Workbook part one: Beginner's Course

Online Course: This video is borrowed from The Complete Medieval Longsword Course

Related Resources for Interpretation

Book: The video is borrowed from the support material for From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Longsword Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi