LESSON SEVEN
THE CONTRAJIROS
The contrajiros are no other thing than the jiros which the diestro who is attacked with one of them makes, bearing in mind that they are to the opposite of those made by his opponent; that is to say, if the jiro comes from the right side, jira upon the foot of that same side, and slip the side that is being attacked backwards, thus delivering it from the golpe and making it possible to atracar your opponent generaly for the hinder part of the chest. The jiro is always advancing, the contrajiro is always retreating. In that manner a jiro struck is negated by a contrajiro, which is negated with a second jiro, and this with a second contrajiro, and so on; it is very beautiful and offers the best representative perspective for the wielding of the navaja. See the illustration above.