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Matador aContinued from page 1Awith their balance, swiftness and artistry.Finally, the bull is prepared to meet the matador, who goes though a series of ballet-like movements with a swirling cape known as corrida. Despite the grace and beauty of the nimble matador and his flowing cape, the actual movements are based on geometrical laws designed to protect the matador from injury while at the same time dominating the ferocious bull.The event’s climax is the actual killing of the bull with a sword, McCormick said.“I didn’t know what it was going to feel like, but if you hit true between the shoulder blade... you have to remember that it doesn’t take much, the bull actually kills himself.”“It doesn’t take great strength, it takes precision. The sword is a pushing instrument; when the bull charges and you hit right betweenthe shoulder blades, it just goes in like butter.”“If you hit bone, then it springs off. And it could be quite dangerous. You have to maneuver and go right over the horns and plunge it down. In doing that many times I got caught right between the horns and away we went together. That’s called the moment of truth, that’s where the term comes from, because you go under the horns, you plunge it and then you roll off of him.”Today McCormick makes her home in South Pasadena, Calif. She has turned from bulls to horses and is an accomplished equine artist. She has been in Big Spring for the last several months with her father.McCormick reflects back on her life as a bullfighter and says like any endeavor, it is a platform for moving in other directions.“Follow your goals and passions,” she says. “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.”
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Big Spring Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Tue, May 13, 1986
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