Martial Arts
The Semifinal Was the Ceiling: What Vietnam's Four Sanda Bronzes Say About Asia's Wushu Pyramid — and What They Don't
One Bronze, Ten Touches of Distance: Singapore's Women's Épée Team and Fencing in the Wrong Drawer
The UFC 331 Ledger: Twelve Seconds, a Fifth Round, and a Claim Still Awaiting Proof
Three Breaths, Five Flags: The Rhythm Behind Vietnam's Team Kata Gold
The Bronze Is There, the 'Rise' Isn't: Singapore's Épée Team, 42–41 and 35–45
Martial ArtsThe UFC 331 Ledger: Twelve Seconds, a Fifth Round, and a Claim Still Awaiting ProofThe low kick on the left leg came in the fifth round, thrown by Alexandre...
Martial ArtsThree Breaths, Five Flags: The Rhythm Behind Vietnam's Team Kata GoldThree athletes take one breath together before they step onto the tatami in...
Martial ArtsThe Bronze Is There, the 'Rise' Isn't: Singapore's Épée Team, 42–41 and 35–45At the Aichi Sky Expo piste, the final relay ended with the board reading...
Martial ArtsSanda 56kg Final: Can Vietnam's Tam Break China's Grip?That night, Hossain was carried out on a stretcher. In that semifinal moment,...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Was the Ceiling: What Vietnam's Four Sanda Bronzes Say About Asia's Wushu Pyramid — and What They Don'tOn the evening of September 23, four bronzes landed next to Vietnam's name on...
Martial Arts42–41: One Épée Touch, and the Story of Filing Fencing in the Wrong SlotThe scoreboard read 41–41. One minute of tie-break. The wall clock in my Nago...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Team Épée Medal: What That 42–41 Touch Actually SaysThe Venue's Last Hour At the Aichi Sky Expo, the light over the scoring table...
Martial Arts42–41: One Touch in Overtime, and Singapore's First Team Épée PodiumYou sense the touch before you hear it. In the hall at Aichi Sky Expo the...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Épée Team Bronze in Aichi-Nagoya, and the Arithmetic of Asia's GapMy gym-bag camera stayed off tonight. The big tripod rigs beside the piste we...
Martial ArtsSingapore's Sword Opens a New Door in Asia: A Structural Analysis of the First Épée Team BronzeNobody asked for the first stream, which is exactly why it mattered. In...
Martial ArtsThe Blade Ledger: Singapore's Fencing Bronze, the 42–41 Puzzle, and the 35–45 GapOn the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, the clock stood at 41–41 in a tie-break...
Martial ArtsOne Bronze, Ten Touches of Distance: Singapore's Women's Épée Team and Fencing in the Wrong DrawerTwenty seconds. That is the whole distance. In a team épée relay, when the...
Martial ArtsThree Breaths, Five Flags: The Rhythm Behind Vietnam's Team Kata GoldThree athletes take one breath together before they step onto the tatami in...
Martial ArtsThe Bronze Is There, the 'Rise' Isn't: Singapore's Épée Team, 42–41 and 35–45At the Aichi Sky Expo piste, the final relay ended with the board reading...
Martial ArtsSanda 56kg Final: Can Vietnam's Tam Break China's Grip?That night, Hossain was carried out on a stretcher. In that semifinal moment,...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Was the Ceiling: What Vietnam's Four Sanda Bronzes Say About Asia's Wushu Pyramid — and What They Don'tOn the evening of September 23, four bronzes landed next to Vietnam's name on...
Martial Arts42–41: One Épée Touch, and the Story of Filing Fencing in the Wrong SlotThe scoreboard read 41–41. One minute of tie-break. The wall clock in my Nago...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Team Épée Medal: What That 42–41 Touch Actually SaysThe Venue's Last Hour At the Aichi Sky Expo, the light over the scoring table...
Martial Arts42–41: One Touch in Overtime, and Singapore's First Team Épée PodiumYou sense the touch before you hear it. In the hall at Aichi Sky Expo the...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Épée Team Bronze in Aichi-Nagoya, and the Arithmetic of Asia's GapMy gym-bag camera stayed off tonight. The big tripod rigs beside the piste we...
Martial ArtsSingapore's Sword Opens a New Door in Asia: A Structural Analysis of the First Épée Team BronzeNobody asked for the first stream, which is exactly why it mattered. In...
Martial ArtsThe Blade Ledger: Singapore's Fencing Bronze, the 42–41 Puzzle, and the 35–45 GapOn the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, the clock stood at 41–41 in a tie-break...
Martial ArtsOne Bronze, Ten Touches of Distance: Singapore's Women's Épée Team and Fencing in the Wrong DrawerTwenty seconds. That is the whole distance. In a team épée relay, when the...