So now we are ready to look at the paired actions that come straight from Capoferro’s manual, starting with plate 7. Plate 7, and its partner, plate 16, really encompass most of what you need to know about Capoferro’s style, and possibly the Northern Italian system writ large, IF you know what you’re looking at. So accordingly, I tend to come back to this plate a few times as I teach, digging deeper and deeper into the tactics and decision trees depicted in this play. It has a lot to teach, but I unpack it over time. (NOTE: For reference, plate 7 from Capoferro is ostensibly the same action as plate 4