The Spectacle of The Houses Comda is not a sport though some of its detractors refer to it as such it is rather a contest between a man and his courage HISTORY The practice of the Corrida dates back into the dimmest teaches of the history of the Empire there is considerable evidence that even the Fust Empire knew of Comda during the years when the Empire ruled only a portion of a single planet ami did not even know of other worlds Legend has the Corrida originating in a land known variously as ibena or Hybemia or perhaps Hyperborea when the god hero Manolete fought the god Zeus who had taken the form of a bull few the combat Zeus the most powerful of the pre O C B gods was certain of his victory when he saw that the aspect chosen by Manolete was evidently mat of a fencer or a dancer since he was wearing clothes which made sense only if freedom of movement was paramount and his.