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Volta Stabile at the Middle – 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 mezza spada. Your partner makes a cavatione sotto to find the outside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a volta stabile 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 mezza spada. Your partner makes a cavatione sopra to attack with a cut on the outside line. You make a volta stabile and counter-thrust their attack.
- Your partner begins in posta longa. You begin in posta longa, finding your partner’s sword on the outside line in the mezza spada. Your partner makes a cavatione sotto to find the inside line, then passes forward to thrust. You make a volta stabile 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 mezza spada. Your partner makes a cavatione sopra to attack with a cut on the inside line. You make a volta stabile and counter-thrust their attack.