Martial Arts
A Silent Moment, a Swollen Knee and Five Unanimous Judges: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold at Asiad 20
He Started Karate to Eat Better: Chi Thanh Wins Double Gold at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Congress
No Hot Takes on Empty Data: Pipeline Failure in Combat-Sports Analysis and What Comes Next
After the Fifth Round: Raoni Barcelos, the Stretcher and an Unfinished Medical File
Martial ArtsA Silent Moment, a Swollen Knee and Five Unanimous Judges: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold at Asiad 20Before stepping onto the tatami for the team kata final at Asiad 20, three...
Martial ArtsHe Started Karate to Eat Better: Chi Thanh Wins Double Gold at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports CongressChi Thanh did not begin karate with dreams of Olympic medals or national...
Martial ArtsUFC 333 from Nagoya: Three Factors Outside the Ring That Could Flip the VerdictBefore the first bell, one thing needs sorting out. Most of the talk around t...
Martial ArtsThree Golds Arrived by Phone Call. The Scorecards Never Did.The alarm went off at four in the morning in Khulna, and the phone was answer...
Martial ArtsThe Invisible Fight in Combat Sports: Body, Rules and Market in Modern Martial ArtsOver the past two decades, mixed martial arts, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai,...
Martial ArtsNot the Belt, the Balance Sheet: The Real Ledger of Professional Boxing in BangladeshThe payout sheet from Dhaka's first professional boxing card in November 2026...
Martial ArtsThirty Minutes in the Sauna: A Fighter's Collapse at the Asian Games and the Unwritten Weight-Management LedgerThe sauna door was opened by a Nepali athlete. Inside lay India's Sanyal,...
Martial ArtsA Referee Is Dead, the Case Is Settled, the Wrestler Is Back: In Lucha Libre, Only the Crowd Handed Down a SentenceIn the middle of the ring at Arena San Juan Pantitlán in Nezahualcóyotl, El...
Martial ArtsNo Hot Takes on Empty Data: Pipeline Failure in Combat-Sports Analysis and What Comes NextLast week I opened a file on my laptop titled 'Stage-2 Deep Professional...
Martial ArtsA Blank Cell Is Not a Clean Bill: The Combat-Sports Ledger Nobody AuditsA single column in my notebook has stayed blank for eleven years. It is heade...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Ceiling: Reading Vietnam's Wushu Medal Haul Frame by FrameOn the evening of September 23, the scoreboard carried four bronzes at once....
Martial ArtsAfter the Fifth Round: Raoni Barcelos, the Stretcher and an Unfinished Medical FileThe fight stopped midway through the fifth round, and Raoni Barcelos's body...
Martial Arts42–41: The Épée Bronze and the Empty Column in My Deal SheetTwenty seconds on the clock. The table read 41–41. In épée, double touches ar...
Martial Arts42-41: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap That Remains41-41. On the piste at Aichi Sky Expo the clock stopped, the referee's hand...
Martial ArtsThe Ledger of Blades: 42–41, One Misfiled Folder, and Singapore's First Épée BronzeThe last touch before the clock stopped at the Aichi Sky Expo épée piste...
Martial ArtsA 42–41 and a 35–45: Singapore's First Épée Bronze, and the Wrong Drawer It Was Filed InTwo in the morning, Incheon time. Laptop open on the desk, the long strip of...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ledger of Bangladesh's Four Karate GoldsElle Koh, Singapore's closing fencer, had just landed the touch when the boar...
Martial ArtsThe Light Came On at 42–41: The Real Arithmetic of Singapore's Épée BronzeThe hall at Aichi Sky Expo is cool and dry, with the specific smell of an...