Glossary Flashcard Set
Stance
Posta/Position – possibly brief stopping point between two strikes
Steps
Passare/Pass – rear foot moves forward reversing stance
Retornare/Return – front foot moves backward reversing stance
Accressere/Increase – shift one foot further from the other
Discressere/Decrease – shift one foot closer to the other
Volta/Turns
Volta Stabile/Stable Turn – rotate 45 degrees on balls of feet without moving feet
Mezza Volta/Half turn – pass or return with one foot and rotate body
Tutta Volta/Full turn – pivot on the ball of one foot moving the other in a circle around it while rotating the body as well.
Zogho/Distance or Measure
stretto – short (grapping possible):
largo – long (no grappling):
Strikes
Fendente – falling cut:
Mezzano – horizontal cut:
Sottano – rising cut:
Mandritto – blow from the attacker’s right side:
Riverso – blow from the attacker’s left side:
