Learning Fiore De Liberi

Wide play is defined as both the Scholar and the Player right shoulder back ( or left, if you're left handed), and may need an advancing step to come into range. This section deals with the things that can happen at this measure.
There are in essence three things that can happen as the result of a cut. The first is that you can succeed, in which case, the fight is over. The second is that you miss, and the fight starts again, only in different wards this time since you both moved. The third thing that can happen is that you can end up with crossed blades. This is where you need to know what to do.
There are only a limited number of crosses. If you are crossed with your strong (bottom half of the blade) to your opponents weak (top half of the blade), you have a mechanical advantage, and can immediately launch your own attack, or improve your position. You can also end up so that your opponents strong, is against your weak, in which case you need to do a hail mary retreat and cover yourself as best you can. Finally you can end up crossed at the tips, the middle of the blades, or the back of the blades.
We deal with being crossed at the tips, and the middle part of the blades in this section. Getting crossed at the back of the blade is dealt with in Zhogo Stretto ( narrow measure) section.
Since you can also attack with a thrust, this section shows you two different ways to deal with that possibility. Finally, we cover some things that don't exactly fit neatly into being crossed, or thrusting.