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The California Academy of Tauromaquia, in San Diego, is the first bullfighting school in the U.S. and is staffed by established matadors. The initial training involves wheelbarrows with horns, but the final exam is you against a yearling heifer (which lives to fight again). A five-day package, including a field trip to Mexico, costs $2,000. --Mina Kimes