Jagged Ice
i agree with you, but not until i saw my first and last bullfight and learned the guys on horseback with the sharp pointed sticks are cutting into the bulls shoulder muscles to force his head down.
if the bull hooks one way or another, the muscles on the side he hooks are cut more with the spears to prevent him from hooking the matador.
the only time a matador gets gored is if the bull has not had his shoulder muscles cut enough, or if he loses his concentration because he is showing off too much.
the kill usually doesn't kill the bull so the cape wavers make the bull move his head left and right so he will cut his insides with the 3 foot knife put between the shoulder blades.
if that doesn't do it, someone comes out with a small sharp knife and cuts his spinal cord at the neck putting the animal out of his misery
