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Countering the Volta Stabile – 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, having found the debole of you partner’s sword on the inside line. Your partner makes a volta stabile and passes forward to attack with a covered thrust on the inside line. You make a cavatione and exchange their thrust on the outside line, stepping across the line of attack.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, having found the debole of you partner’s sword on the outside line. Your partner makes a volta stabile and passes forward to attack with a covered thrust on the outside line. You make a cavatione and exchange their thrust on the inside line, stepping across the line of attack.