Posta Vera Croce

Posta Vera Croce
(“Cross” guard or “True Cross Guard”) One of Fiore’s Mezza Spada postures, with the left hand holding the middle of the blade in a reverse grip. Essentially a low left “hanging” guard.

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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