Martial Arts
Martial ArtsRosas vs Barcelos: Ahead on All Three Cards, Off on a Stretcher — and the Blank Row in My LedgerRosas vs Barcelos: Ahead on All Three Cards, Off on a Stretcher — and the Bla...
Martial ArtsFour Teams to Eight: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold and a Ledger That Changed WeightOn 22 September the women's team kata gold at the Asian Games went to Vietnam...
Martial ArtsFive Flags, Zero Dissent: What Vietnam's First ASIAD 2026 Gold Actually SaysFive Flags, Zero Dissent September 22, 2026, Aichi-Nagoya. When the women's...
Martial ArtsThe Last Touch: How Singapore's Épée Team Broke a Three-Games WallOne touch. 42–41. The women's team épée quarter-final, the opponent Uzbekista...
Martial ArtsThree Matches, Three 5-0 Sweeps: What Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Leaves Off the ScoreboardThe replay kept stopping on the same frame at my desk in Colombo. Three...
Martial ArtsFrom 49 to 54: Lò Thị Phung's Asiad Extra Round and the Arithmetic of a Weight-Class JumpI count the seconds, because every athlete is somebody. In January 2026, at t...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: The Greatest Lightweight Era, and Three Blank Rows in the LedgerI sat down at half past four in the morning in my Bangkok flat. The phone was...
Martial Arts42–41: The One Touch That Broke Singapore's Three-Games FreezeThe board read 42–41. On the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo the light pools alon...
Martial Arts42–41: The Fencing Ledger Nobody PublishedLast night in Mymensingh I watched an archived match on mewatch whose result ...
Martial Arts42–41: The Ten-Touch Distance and Singapore's First Épée Bronze42–41 on the board. Women's team épée quarter-final against Uzbekistan, and t...