Fabris -- Plate 24

This wound of third against a third happens in this manner. Both contenders being to the outside, our fencer motions to find the opponent’s sword. The opponent takes the tempo from this mere motion of the point without evaluating the rather wide measure: so, he pushes his right foot forward in order to either: 1) Perform a cavazione and an attack in fourth guard; or to 2) Find our fencer’s sword and gain the misura stretta. But our fencer has cunningly moved his point in order to provoke a reaction from the opponent. So, when he sees the opponent lowering his point for the cavazione and moving forward with his foot, he abandons his motion to the sword, lets his own point fall a little and, lowering his body, finds the opponent’s debole with his hilt and prevents the opponent’s cavazione. In the same tempo, he pushes forward with his right foot and wounds in third and to the outside underneath the opponent’s sword. -Salvator Fabris (Translated by Tom Leoni)