Santiago Martín Sánchez (El Viti)
El Viti, a nickname that affectionately comes from the town of Vitigudino in Salamanca where he was born, is a living legend of bullfighting.
His serious and solemn, but affable appearance, together with his mastery in the ring, have led him to be considered one of the best at muleta bullfighting in history and a virtuoso of the neoclassical tradition.
Such is his genius that he even knew how to make art out of misfortunes. While he was still a novice bullfighter, a bull threw him over in France, seriously fracturing his left arm and leaving an aftereffect that prevented him from fully stretching his arm. This forced him to develop a wrist technique that gave him a very personal, natural and inimitable bullfighting style, with a perfection that had not been seen since Manolete.
