Narrow Play - Verse 62
Counter to the left-hand sword grab in narrow play
Translation
This is a counter to an opponent who attempts to grab your sword with their left hand in narrow play. As they reach for your blade with their left hand to disarm you, execute a counter-technique that defeats their attempt and kills them. The master demonstrates the counter from a position where the opponent's disarm has been neutralised.
Fiore's Words
You came here thinking your left hand is strong, to wrench my sword away and do me wrong. But here's the counter that will end your days. Your disarm fails, and death is what it pays.
Combat Context
In narrow play (close distance with weapons crossed), the opponent attempts to seize control by grabbing your sword with their free hand. This counter defeats that common disarming attempt and turns it into a fatal opening.
Training Notes
- ✦ Practice recognising when an opponent commits to a left-hand grab attempt on your blade
- ✦ The counter must be executed immediately as they reach, before they establish control
- ✦ Focus on maintaining sword control while simultaneously neutralising their grabbing hand
- ✦ The technique is specifically designed to be lethal - train the recognition and setup with control, applying the finish only in slow drill
Related Techniques
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[28r-b] ΒΆ Ut mihi tu posses ensem convellere leva Venisti. hic tandem contrario at ipse peribis.
In order for you to be able to overthrow my sword, with the left hand You have come. But here also, you yourself will die by means of the counter. [This Master appears to be missing his crown.]