Martial Arts
A Gap of 0.133: Dương Thúy Vi, Wushu Taolu and the Invisible Limits of the Judge Panel
Papuren, Tomari Bassai and a One-Flag Margin: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold
A Sister's Shadow and One Month's Preparation: Vietnam's Virtual Gamble at Asiad 2026
Five Flags, Five Judges: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold at Asiad 20 and the Ledger Behind It
The New King of UFC Flyweight: Joshua Van's Dominance and Pantoja's Farewell Blueprint
Tied With the Sword, Ahead With the Spear: Thuy Vi's Bronze and Vietnam's Four-Asiad Ledger
A Sister's Shadow and One Month's Preparation: Vietnam's Virtual Gamble at Asiad 2026I live in Nagoya, the host city of Asiad 2026. Yet a taekwondo draw sheet, a...
A Gap of 0.133: Dương Thúy Vi, Wushu Taolu and the Invisible Limits of the Judge PanelI rewatched the routine until the crowd noise stopped mattering. The taolu...
Five Flags, Five Judges: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold at Asiad 20 and the Ledger Behind ItHook It was one in the morning in a small room off Gymanisium Road in...
The New King of UFC Flyweight: Joshua Van's Dominance and Pantoja's Farewell BlueprintAt 3 a.m. from a Nagoya apartment, scrolling through a buffering Amazon Prime...
Tied With the Sword, Ahead With the Spear: Thuy Vi's Bronze and Vietnam's Four-Asiad Ledger9.703. On the wushu floor at Aichi-Nagoya, after the midday jianshu routine,...
A Swollen Knee and a Silent Panel: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold and the Ledger Behind ItAt the close of the women's team kata final at the 20th Asian Games, the...
Papuren, Tomari Bassai and a One-Flag Margin: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's First Asian Games GoldSeptember 22, 2026. A hall in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. When the women's team kata...
Sanda at 56kg: China Has Won Six of Seven Editions — What Is Vietnam's 21-Year-Old Actually Chasing?Six. Out of seven. From Bangkok 2026 to Hangzhou 2026, the Asian Games have...
Five Rounds, One Back and Seventy Percent Confidence: What the Market Didn't Price at UFC 331Hook It is 1:40 a.m. on a rooftop off Wellawatte Road in Colombo — one phone,...
42–41 and 35–45: Singapore's First Fencing Medal and the Line That Defines ItOn the far side of the fencing hall at Aichi Sky Expo it is almost ten at...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Faces of Singapore's First Team Épée BronzeIt is ten past one in the morning. On a laptop in a Colombo flat, the piste a...
42–41: The Scoreline That Matters More Than Singapore's Fencing BronzeOne number is stuck in my sheet. 42–41. Singapore beat Uzbekistan in the...