Los Tres Tercios De Las Corridas De Toros
Spanish Bullfighting is fought in three acts, three distinct stages or tercios.
Tercio De Varas (Third of Rods)
Tercio De Banderillas (Third of Banderillas)
Tercio De Muerte (Third of Death)
Actually six phases, the opening capework, the lancing by the picadors, the flashy and graceful passes with the large cape, the placing of the banderillas, the dangerous passes with the muleta, and finally the kill.
The three phases of the bull’s condition in the fight are called in Spanish, levantado, parade, and aplomado.
Move to Death in the Afternoon annotations
(Chapter 7, Death in the Afternoon) Running the bull with a trailing cape to observe his eyesight and which horn he favors Matadors veronicas, media-veronica/recorte
The first act is the trial, the second act is the sentencing and the third the execution. But afterwards when I learned how much more dangerous the bull becomes as he goes on the defensive, how, after the banderillas have sobered him and his speed of foot has been cut he aims every horn stroke, as a hunter aims at an individual bird in a covey rather than shooting at them all and missing, and finally, when I learned the things that can be done with him as an artistic property when he is properly slowed and still has kept his bravery and his strength I kept my admiration for him always, but felt no more sympathy for him than for a canvas or the marble a sculpture cuts or the dry powder snow your skis cut through.
blood sport, in some countries, for example Spain, it is defined as an art form or cultural event. The daughter views her murders as vigilante art and sport.
Juan Belmonte father figure
https://www.britannica.com/sports/bullfighting/The-spectacle