The matador kills the bull.
there's the matador, and there's the bull.
The matador is the only torero who uses the sword.
You would see a matador at a bullfight. However, bullfighting is not considered a sport but an art.
The matador is the only torero who uses the sword.
Bullfighting is tauromaquia.A bullfight is a corrida de toros.A bullfighter is a torero.The torero who kills the bull is the matador.
It is thought that Roman Emperor Claudius brought bullfighting to Spain in the first century. It was not until 1726 that the current manner of the matador fighting bulls on foot was started.
The toreros include the matador, banderilleros, and picador. The matador usually has a mozo de estoques - a sword boy who also acts as his personal valet - and a manager.
If a matador is unable to kill the bull because of a serious injury or death, one of the other matadores kills the bull. It is usually the senior matador who kills the bull and he does it with no fanfare.
Bullfighting is not a game, it is not 'played.' It is a serious art form and each matador will have his own style. Some are more traditional and others more casual and reckless in their approach to their performance.
Painted images of bull fighting go back to Minoan Crete in the 2nd Millennium BCE.
The modern form of fighting a bull on foot was developed by Francisco Romero, a Spaniard, in 1726. He was the first matador.