El Juli biography
El Juli, byname of Julián López Escobar, (born October 3, 1982, Madrid, Spain), Spanish matador, who created a sensation within the bullfighting world on the finish of the twentieth century.
López was 9 years previous when he caped his first calf, and his mother and father, recognizing his expertise, enrolled him within the Madrid Academy of Tauromachy, the place he excelled for 4 years. Because of his youth, he was not allowed to compete in the primary arenas of Spain, so at age 15 he went to Mexico to carry out within the corridas there and achieve expertise. His work electrified the crowds, who had been galvanized not solely by his bravery at such a younger age but additionally by his nice number of cape passes, his sureness with the sword, and his excellent work with the banderillas, which he positioned himself. He is thought for his trademark caracol, or “snail,” cross, during which he twirls his cape in a spiral style because the bull approaches.
In 1997 López turned the one Spanish novillero (apprentice) within the lengthy historical past of corridas at La Plaza in Mexico City, the biggest bullring on the planet, to register an indulto, during which the bull’s life is spared due to the brave nature of his efficiency; the particular bull is then put out to stud. López acquired the alternativa—the ceremony during which a novillero turns into a matador de toros (senior matador)—in September 1998 in Nîmes, France; at age 15 he was the youngest ever to take action. In 1999 he carried out 134 occasions in Spain, France, Portugal, and Latin America. On three of these events he acted because the lone matador, killing all six bulls of the corrida himself. By 2000 López was, at 17, the highest-paid matador of all time. He had been critically gored a number of occasions.