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hey chica, I have seen that on the TV, for real, it actually does happen, and did last year, although I can't remember which one it was, and again this year, in June I saw the same thing happen (somewhere around) and the bull just came out of the booth and went straight for the fence, jumped onto it & over on to the seats and started a human stampede, then clambered up the seats to where a family were sitting and flipped a little girl right up into the air, and all the men were going mental trying to get this crazy bull away, but it just kept on stomping around from one seat to another trying to get out.
I don't know for sure, because I can't remember it all that well, and had just forgot about it, but I think in the end, they had to let someone shoot it, and like I say, I've been watching a lot of bull fighting on TV over the last few years, and I've seen some really bad 'Goring' in some of the events, one woman that I saw was gored (Gorado) so badly, she has broken ribs, ruptured spleen, you name it, she was tossed into the air like a rag doll at least seven times, and she really hit the road hard each time.
So fair warning should be headed by all those that think it is just a lot of fun, it is and it isn't, you can have fun, but you can also get really messed up, and that's why I prefer to just watch it on the TV, my back & neck already got seriously messed up some years ago, and I cannot afford to get clobbered by a bull, or the stampeding humans either, who will jump & stamp on you to get away from the bull, if you get in their way too, but I suppose it's like they say in the US (whatever melts your butter) eh!
I watched all of La corrida at Las Ventas this year with king J. Carlos in the stands, and it was fairly good, there was only one which got a bit silly & messy at the end, because the guy failed to thrust the sword into the bull properly, and the bull just blatantly refused to die for so long that the crowd started to boo, and that was really embarrassing for him, especially as it was right in front of the King.
It's a strange subject to get into with some people, most just cannot understand why we humans still do this in the 21st century, I can't see much point to it really, the killing that is, I mean as a sport, it's fine, an cultural art form, sure, some fun for the family playing with the bulls by teasing them, yeah, but the gore of it, the blood, the stabbing, the lancing, and finally the kill by thrusting a long sword in through the back of it's neck??? I wonder about this sometimes, don't you?
I used to watch SUMO wrestling on satellite back in the eighties, and I loved it,still do, only I haven't seen it now for about the last 12-14 years since I had that particular service in London, (which I got rid of because it was crap and full of pop video rubbish & news reports & commercials, and just stuck with hiring videos) and so I really miss it a lot (the Sumo that is), but nobody I knew, or anyone in my family could understand why I watched it, or even why the Japanese still do it, or why they ever did, but to me, it came across as being one the most perfect forms of art, yet still being a valid sport, a traditional cultural family event for centuries, and even a martial art, and was bloody brilliant entertainment into the bargain, and I would dearly love to see all the bouts that have been fought over the last 14 odd years and catch up on the form of those guys, who are looked upon almost like royalty in Japan, just like Spain's great Bull fighters have always been, it's the same thing, the same kind of fascination, the bullfight, the Sumo fight, intensity, the concentration, the spirit of the event, the artistry of it, the sport, they're almost the same, with an almost a semi-religious kind of spirituality to it, being closely liked with certain ritualistic pseudo religious practices that are quite popular in Japan, like with the throwing of the salt on the ring before a bout for example, two ages old forms of entertainment for both the Royalty and the people, who at the end of the day have a new Hero, a new peoples Champion, who is rewarded for his bravery by being given a high status in Japanese society, just as with the great Bull fighters of Espa�a, they have always been looked upon as if royalty by their adoring fans.
I think I prefer the Sumo wrestling to the bull fight, as nobody gets killed, and it's much less gory, much more of a family affair than bulls getting stabbed to death, and people being badly gorado in the streets, don't you think?
Also I believe that there is a huge following of the sport of grappling in the U.S., I mean the professional Grappling, I'm not sure of it's exact name, but I think it's like Greco-Roman style grappling or wrestling, but not that other rubbish that they show with all those hyperventilated heroes with tattoos & stuff, no I mean the proper grappling that they do in college etc and at Olympic level.
I can't say that I'm particularly much of a fan of that type of grappling, but at least it is a professional sport with rules and a code of honour, mutual respect, discipline, and is done without any malice, as with the bull fight and the Sumo bout, (sin malintenci�n).
Basta ya!! :cheers:
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