Martial Arts
The Score Sheet That Never Existed: Vietnam’s Karate Gold, ‘5-0’ and the Empty Arithmetic of an Early-Games Medal Table2026-09-26The number that travelled fastest after Vietnam’s women’s team kata final was...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: The Ledger of a Weight Cut at Asiad 2026, and the Oversight Nobody Paid For2026-09-26Thirty minutes into the sauna, everything stops. Aichi-Nagoya, Asiad 2026 — a...
42–41: The One Touch That Moved Singapore Fencing Into a New Tier2026-09-26The crowd in the Aichi Sky Expo hall was twenty-odd people with Singapore fla...
42–41: The Touch That Put Singapore's Épée Team in the Record Book2026-09-26September 2026. A laptop on a Colombo balcony, a free stream, and four metres...
Silence After the Slam: Barcelos Was Ahead on Every Card When the Fifth Round BrokeSilence After the Slam Click here — every story that begins with a highlight...
Karate Kata and Teqball: What Vietnam's Two Asiad Bronzes Are Actually WorthAt three in the morning in a Colombo flat, the first image on the laptop scre...
The Score Sheet That Never Existed: Vietnam’s Karate Gold, ‘5-0’ and the Empty Arithmetic of an Early-Games Medal TableThe number that travelled fastest after Vietnam’s women’s team kata final was...
The Ledger of an Empty Scorecard: Blockchain and the Politics of Verification in Combat SportsAn analysis report landed in my inbox last week. The title field read "not...
Vietnam's ASIAD Gold Came in Kata, but the Story Hides in the Gap of a '5-0' ScorelineThere is a bound notebook in my bag whose pages stretch back close to three...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: The Ledger of a Weight Cut at Asiad 2026, and the Oversight Nobody Paid ForThirty minutes into the sauna, everything stops. Aichi-Nagoya, Asiad 2026 — a...
42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Staircase of Asian Fencing42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Staircase of Asian...
An Overtime Touch in Épée and a Ten-Touch Gap: the Empty Columns Beside Singapore's First Team BronzeHook I was not in the hall at the Aichi Sky Expo. I was at a desk in Bangkok,...
42–41: The One Touch That Moved Singapore Fencing Into a New TierThe crowd in the Aichi Sky Expo hall was twenty-odd people with Singapore fla...
One Lamp, Three Medals, Ten Touches: Singapore's Epée Bronze and a New Column in My LedgerThe strip at Aichi Sky Expo read 42–41. One lamp. One. I have spent sixty-fou...
42–41: The Touch That Put Singapore's Épée Team in the Record BookSeptember 2026. A laptop on a Colombo balcony, a free stream, and four metres...
42–41: Singapore's First Fencing Team Bronze and the True Height of Asia's Fencing LadderLate November, roughly three in the morning. In a room in Mymensingh, by the...
From 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Price of a PodiumThe strip at Aichi Sky Expo held the scoreboard at 41–41, and the women's tea...
42–41 and 35–45: Counting Singapore's Épée Bronze at Aichi Sky ExpoThe last hour. In Hall 3 of the Aichi Sky Expo the chairs are already stacked...
Karate Kata and Teqball: What Vietnam's Two Asiad Bronzes Are Actually WorthAt three in the morning in a Colombo flat, the first image on the laptop scre...
The Score Sheet That Never Existed: Vietnam’s Karate Gold, ‘5-0’ and the Empty Arithmetic of an Early-Games Medal TableThe number that travelled fastest after Vietnam’s women’s team kata final was...
The Ledger of an Empty Scorecard: Blockchain and the Politics of Verification in Combat SportsAn analysis report landed in my inbox last week. The title field read "not...
Vietnam's ASIAD Gold Came in Kata, but the Story Hides in the Gap of a '5-0' ScorelineThere is a bound notebook in my bag whose pages stretch back close to three...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: The Ledger of a Weight Cut at Asiad 2026, and the Oversight Nobody Paid ForThirty minutes into the sauna, everything stops. Aichi-Nagoya, Asiad 2026 — a...
42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Staircase of Asian Fencing42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Staircase of Asian...
An Overtime Touch in Épée and a Ten-Touch Gap: the Empty Columns Beside Singapore's First Team BronzeHook I was not in the hall at the Aichi Sky Expo. I was at a desk in Bangkok,...
42–41: The One Touch That Moved Singapore Fencing Into a New TierThe crowd in the Aichi Sky Expo hall was twenty-odd people with Singapore fla...
One Lamp, Three Medals, Ten Touches: Singapore's Epée Bronze and a New Column in My LedgerThe strip at Aichi Sky Expo read 42–41. One lamp. One. I have spent sixty-fou...
42–41: The Touch That Put Singapore's Épée Team in the Record BookSeptember 2026. A laptop on a Colombo balcony, a free stream, and four metres...
42–41: Singapore's First Fencing Team Bronze and the True Height of Asia's Fencing LadderLate November, roughly three in the morning. In a room in Mymensingh, by the...
From 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Real Price of a PodiumThe strip at Aichi Sky Expo held the scoreboard at 41–41, and the women's tea...
42–41 and 35–45: Counting Singapore's Épée Bronze at Aichi Sky ExpoThe last hour. In Hall 3 of the Aichi Sky Expo the chairs are already stacked...