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Contra Cavatione at the Debole – Self-Assessment
Watch the full lesson video here.
Self-assessment when performing this skill
Create a self-assessment video to compare to the master above. Perform the following actions in the video, repeated twice:
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding your partner’s sword on the inside line in the debole at misura larghissima. Your partner makes a cavatione sotto to find the outside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a counter-cavatione and exchange their thrust.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding your partner’s sword on the inside line in the debole at misura larghissima. Your partner makes a cavatione sopra to find the outside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a counter-cavatione and exchange their thrust.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding your partner’s sword on the outside line in the debole at misura larghissima. Your partner makes a cavatione sotto to find the inside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a counter-cavatione and exchange their thrust.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding your partner’s sword on the outside line in the debole at misura larghissima. Your partner makes a cavatione sopra to find the inside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a counter-cavatione and exchange their thrust.
You began by crossing your partner’s debole
You began your counter-cavatione before your partner completed their cavatione
You gained back the crossing after completing your counter-cavatione
You stepped across the line of attack after completing your counter-cavatione
You struck your partner with your arms extended