volapié

bullfighting

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In bullfighting: The rise of professional bullfighting
…method of killing the bull—the volapié, in which the bull is transfixed by the cape held low to the ground while the bullfighter lunges forward (as the bull charges) and with the right hand plunges the sword between the bull’s shoulder blades. Costillares’s rival was Pedro Romero of Ronda in…
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