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| Bullfighter makes New Years resolution: No more bullfighting |
| 2008-01-02 |
| Video at the link. Yikes! A man tossed in the air and gored repeatedly by a raging bull has lived to tell the tale from his hospital bed. Luis Cuadrado, a bullfighter who goes by the stage name of "El Kaliman", was stabbed by a bull in the face, neck, legs and abdomen during an annual bull festival in northern Colombia. "El Kaliman"? Spanish for "Not Very Good Bullfighter"? Local television captured the dramatic scene as the bull used its horns to repeatedly launch Cuadrado's body into the air Wheeeeee! Cuadrado, who is recovering in hospital, said he has been injured by bulls many times before. "I have been hit 55 times in the last four years," he told reporters. ...but I figured my luck would change. But the latest attack has made Cuadrado rethink his choice of career. "I think I'll quit," he said. ...maybe take up driving nitroglycerin trucks or something. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 Spanish bulls are bigger and nastier than South American ones. BTW, when I was a child I saw a fight where bullfighter spent more time in the air than on his feet but after he had killed the bull the public still cheered and asked for him being rewarded with an ear. Surprised I asked my father why. "He has made a good killing", was the answer. Unless the sword hits at precise location, angle and timing the sword will either hit a bone or a non-lethal wound also fighter mùst go to the horns and is no longer covered with the cape, so iot is not only difficult but also the most dangerous moment in the fight. That is why many bullfighters either due to poor technique or because they they chicken are unable to kill with a single stroke and that is why public will cheer one who does it well even if he has been a disaster during the fight proper. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-01-02 15:24 |