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Mezzo Tempo Opportunities at the Forte – 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 the mezza of your partner’s sword on the inside line with your forte. You begin to attack with a thrust, hitting your partner as they attempt to make a cavatione sopra to find your sword on the outside line.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding the mezza of your partner’s sword on the inside line with your forte. You begin to attack with a thrust. Your partner yields to make a tutta volta and find your sword on the outside line. You make a mezza volta and strike their exposed arms with a mandritto fendente.
Also perform the following actions (not depicted in the video above):
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding the mezza of your partner’s sword on the outside line with your forte. You begin to attack with a thrust, hitting your partner as they attempt to make a cavatione sopra to find your sword on the inside line.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding the mezza of your partner’s sword on the outside line with your forte. You begin to attack with a thrust. Your partner yields to make a tutta volta and find your sword on the inside line. You make a mezza volta and strike their exposed arms with a roverso fendente.