This play teaches another way to deal with the thrust, by breaking it. If the defenders hands are higher then the person making the thrust, then you step off the line and cut fendente into the thrust, giving you several options to finish. This works well because every thrust ends up in Posta Longa, which is a weak ward to resist any type of downward impact. If both your hands and those of your opponent are high, then you'll need to Exchange the Point.

You can only break a thrust when your hands are higher then your opponents, so the Scholar starts in Posta di Dona, while the Player starts in breve. This creates the situation we're looking for. The Player makes the thrust, while the Scholar immediately advance traverses his right, and cuts Fendente to breve, aiming for the middle of the Players blade.