TENTH LESSON
ENGAÑOS
All golpe may be verdadero or finijido.
It is called verdadero, when the intention of he who strikes it, is to wound his adversary.
It is finijido, when the diestro's only intention is to decieve his enemy.
Therefore, in the puñaladas de frente, feint to the parte baja, so you can successfuly wound your opponent in the parte alta, and vice versa; since the diestro threatens high in a natural way with his navaja, if the adverversary does not recognize the engaño, he will uncover his low line where the golpe verdadero will actualy go; and to threaten the low line go there with the armed hand, then strike the golpe on the high line, generaly with an enfilar.
It can be established as a general rule, that all golpe verdadero can be converted into finjido or be engaño, and all golpe finjido may be converted to golpe verdadero.
Equaly, jiros and contrajiros may be feinted, so the diestro, for example, feints one to either side, with which, he decieves his adversary who makes the corresponding contrajiro, in this manner uncovering the side where the golpe verdadero will be struck.