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The Second assalto of Marozzo is one of three sword and buckler assalti that appear in Achille Marozzo's 1536 manuscript the Opera nova dell’Arte delle armi. The second assault appears in Capitolo 11 of the first book.

As with the First Assault and unlike the third the second is "asymmetric" showing primarily the actions of the agent . The patient is left to primarily parry unless otherwise specified in the text.

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