Fiore footwork

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Four steps

Accressere, discressere, passare, tornare, the "four things in the art" (Fiore).

Turns

Volta stabile

Fiore says: "a volta stabile is when, with both feet firm, you can play in front and behind on the same side." And: "All guards can do a volta stabile and a meza volta" It is also the principle means to create a rear-weighted guard position such as fenestra


Meza volta

Tutta volta

Combinations