Korean Bullfighting Festival-Chongdo 2000
Period : 2000/03/15-2000/03/19

What is Korean Style Bullfight?
    Bullfight reminds everybody of a raging bull and a sharp bullfighter, both are set to
    fight furiously against each other. But there is another far different from that. There's
    no blood  and no hostility. It's Korean style bullfight.
    On the bullring the bull and the handler are partners. They can feel each other in a
    team against the other. Each match is the moment that they fight for the honor
to be the best. Feel the great challenge in the middle of the enthusiasm, that's the
way you can enjoy Korean Bullfight.
    Chongdo Bullfight is better conserved than in any other places. In Chongdo, half of
    Korean fighting bulls are brought up, which are shiny dark brown and over 600 Kg with
    strong horns. Last year, during Chongdo bullfight festival, the biggest national
bullfight is taken place in traditional bullring, with over 150,000 audience.
When the world-class bullring is completed in 2001, bullfight would be the most
exciting weekend sports. Since 1998, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has fostered
Chongdo bullfight festival.

History
    Korean bullfight began in the dawn of agricultural society in Korea. In the beginning,
    it was just cattle's small fight to have more grass and then the owners joined to
    encourage their own cattle and this got to catch the eyes of many people around.
    Now bullfight become the honor of the bull and it's owner from the ancient cowboys'
    fun.

Basic rules
    On the bullfighting, two fighting bulls come up with their handlers. A referee whistles for
    a start, then bullfight begins. Well-trained fighting bulls shove, butt and grunt against
    each other until one of them gives up or turns its back. They show almost 10 kinds of
    fighting techniques such as pushing, side pushing, head pressing, horn drawing etc.
    There is no time limit so they show a breathless match up to 1 hour, somethings.

Watching Tips(Bullfight Techniques
1. Milch'igi : Pushing
       2. Morich'igi : Head Attack
     3. Mokch'gi : Neck Attack
                          4. Yopch'igi(Paech'igi) : Side pushing
         5. P'ulgoli : Drawing Horns
              6. P'ulch'igi : Horns Bumping
            7. Tolch'igi : Head Pressing
                                     8. Yont'a : Horns Bumping and Head Attack

Things to JOIN
    Korea-Japan Bulls Championship
    Japan is the country in which bullfight is popular all over the nation. There are many
    fighting bulls and is long history as in Korea. Representing Korean Bullfight, Ch'ongdo
    Bullfight Festival invites Japanese Champion bull from Kagoshima-ken for the first time.
    All the visitorial will watch the world class bulls match in this festival. You can expect to
    see that bulls fight for their national honor and pride.

American Style Bull Riding Rodeo
    It's an American tradition!! Come join the Korean/American