Martial Arts
UFC 331's Three Threads: Van's Coronation, the Lightweight Era Claim and Steveson's Twelve Seconds2026-09-26At 5:30 in the morning in my small Osaka training hall, I press play on the...
Karate’s 5-0 Is Not a Fight Score: The Structure Behind Vietnam’s Asian Games Gold2026-09-26Two numbers sat side by side inside the same report: 5-0 in team kata, 0-5 in...
Nine Point Seven One: Duong Thuy Vi's Twelve-Year Medal Ledger and the Silent Arithmetic of Taolu2026-09-27In late September, on the taolu mat at Aichi-Nagoya, two names settled side b...
UFC 331: Tsarukyan's Back and Ruffy's KO Rate — Two Variables the Market Isn't Pricing2026-09-27Hook Saturday night. Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles. The UFC 331 lights are on...
A 5-0 Kata Gold and a 1.2 Billion VND Receipt: Who Signs Vietnam's First-Medal Ledger Next?2026-09-27On the warm-up hall floor her left knee was swollen, the skin scraped raw....
The Judges' Tray in Nagoya: What Was Not Written Inside Vietnam's Team Kata Gold2026-09-26The last hour in the Nagoya hall left two numbers on the board: an average of...
Martial ArtsNine Point Seven One: Duong Thuy Vi's Twelve-Year Medal Ledger and the Silent Arithmetic of TaoluIn late September, on the taolu mat at Aichi-Nagoya, two names settled side b...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Tsarukyan's Back and Ruffy's KO Rate — Two Variables the Market Isn't PricingHook Saturday night. Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles. The UFC 331 lights are on...
Martial ArtsA 5-0 Kata Gold and a 1.2 Billion VND Receipt: Who Signs Vietnam's First-Medal Ledger Next?On the warm-up hall floor her left knee was swollen, the skin scraped raw....
Martial ArtsThe Judges' Tray in Nagoya: What Was Not Written Inside Vietnam's Team Kata GoldThe last hour in the Nagoya hall left two numbers on the board: an average of...
Martial ArtsBronze Rain, Silver Ceiling: What Vietnam Actually Won — and Could Not Win — on the Nagoya Wushu MatOn a September evening I opened a laptop on the second floor of a Colombo...
Martial ArtsUFC 331's Three Threads: Van's Coronation, the Lightweight Era Claim and Steveson's Twelve SecondsAt 5:30 in the morning in my small Osaka training hall, I press play on the...
Martial ArtsKarate’s 5-0 Is Not a Fight Score: The Structure Behind Vietnam’s Asian Games GoldTwo numbers sat side by side inside the same report: 5-0 in team kata, 0-5 in...
Martial ArtsA 26-Second Shadow and 72 Percent of Proof: Van on the Flyweight Throne, But the Scoreboard Still Wants a LedgerHook — Three Judges, Three Readings, One Headline At half past midnight on...
Martial ArtsFrom 26 Seconds to 25 Minutes: Van on the Flyweight Throne, and the Ledger of an Unattributed ScorecardIt was close to four in the morning in Dhaka, the same sleepless hour I once...
Martial Arts42–41: The Touch That Sealed a Bronze, and the Border Named KoreaIt was half past three in the morning and the Aichi Sky Expo strip was still...
Martial ArtsThe Scoreboard at Aichi Sky Expo: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Tier Lines of Asian FencingOn strip nine at the Aichi Sky Expo, the electronic apparatus read 41-41. A...