Martial Arts
From 9.703 to 9.710: A Routine Held at a Tie, and Twelve Years of Arithmetic
From 9.703 to 9.710: Tied With the Sword, Won With the Spear — Duong Thuy Vi's Fourth Asian Games Medal
The Meaning of 0.133: Wushu Taolu's Narrowest Gap and One Looming Retirement
Six Gold Lines and One Blank Line: Vietnam vs China in the Sanda 56kg Final
Martial ArtsFrom 9.703 to 9.710: Tied With the Sword, Won With the Spear — Duong Thuy Vi's Fourth Asian Games MedalFrom 9.703 to 9.710: Tied With the Sword, Won With the Spear — Duong Thuy Vi'...
Martial ArtsThe Meaning of 0.133: Wushu Taolu's Narrowest Gap and One Looming RetirementLast week I opened the wushu taolu results sheet and set three numbers side b...
Martial ArtsFrom 9.703 to 9.710: A Routine Held at a Tie, and Twelve Years of ArithmeticNobody in the arena can count a second; the scoreboard can. 9.703 — the numbe...
Martial ArtsSix Gold Lines and One Blank Line: Vietnam vs China in the Sanda 56kg FinalFrom Bangkok 2026 to Hangzhou 2026, the men's sanda 56kg weight class occupie...
Martial Arts0.033 From a Nagoya Hall: The Judging Panel's Silent Verdict and Dương Thúy Vi's Final CycleNagoya is my city. I live here, I work here, I open a laptop at night here to...
Martial ArtsThirty Minutes in the Sauna: The Weight-Cut Ledger Behind an Indian Fighter's Collapse at Asiad 2026The door of the sauna was opened by a Nepali athlete. Inside, on the floor, l...
Martial ArtsKarate Team Kata Final: Five Judges, One Verdict, and the Knee That Never Reached a ScorecardThe left knee was swollen and grazed before the final, and it took two knocks...
Martial ArtsVietnam's Kata Trio and the Myth of a 5-0: Inside the First Gold of the 2026 Asian GamesOn September 22, in Nagoya, the official result sheet read: Vietnam 5-0 Iran....
Martial ArtsThe Five-Kilo Distance: Lò Thị Phung and an Instruction That Never LandedSeptember 20, 2026, afternoon. Sitting in a room in Colombo, I was watching a...
Martial ArtsThe 5-0 That Wasn't: Vietnam's First Karate Gold and the Uncomfortable Arithmetic of a Medal TableOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. June 2026....