Fabris -- Plate 22

This illustration shows a third wounding another third. It could have originated this way. Our fencer, being inside, performs a straight-line feint; the opponent goes to the parry and, failing to meet our fencer’s sword, drops his hilt. In that tempo, our fencer performs a cavazione to the outside and thrusts in a straight line through the natural angle of the opponent’s third. The latter cannot push away the incoming thrust because our fencer’s forte has penetrated so far that his blade remains literally locked inside the opponent’s arm. Another way this action may take place is if both fencers are in third inside, and our fencer proceeds to find the opponent’s sword. The opponent performs a cavazione and moves his right foot forward, but our fencer takes the tempo and discharges the thrust before the opponent can complete the cavazione and the motion of his foot. In this manner, the opponent’s point is shut out before it can return in line. -Salvator Fabris (Translated by Tom Leoni)