Martial Arts
Martial ArtsThe 54kg Frontier: Lo Thi Phung's Asian Games Loss and the Arithmetic of a Second Round2026-09-26September 20, 2026, afternoon session. Inside the Aichi-Nagoya hall, the...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's Bronze in a Nagoya Blade Hall, and Korea's Ten-Touch Wall2026-09-26The last hour inside the fencing hall at the Aichi Sky Expo. The strips are...
Martial ArtsVietnam's Team Kata Gold: What the 5-0 Scorecard Doesn't Say2026-09-27It was half past three in the morning on a Khulna balcony, and the scoreboard...
Martial Arts72% Takedown Defense, a Dislocated Elbow and the Shadow of 26 Seconds: The Flyweight Throne's Ledger and Its Missing Receipt2026-09-26Eighteen takedown attempts. Thirteen of them stuffed. For twenty-five minutes...
Martial ArtsTeam Kata 5-0: The Swollen Knee and the Breathing Rhythm That Was the Real Scoreboard2026-09-26Hook: Five Cards, One Knee I have stopped the last frame again and again. The...
Martial Arts42–41: The Single Touch That Broke Singapore Fencing's Quarter-Final Wall2026-09-26Applause arrives late in a fencing hall. So does the sound of the blade itsel...
Vietnam's Team Kata Gold: What the 5-0 Scorecard Doesn't SayIt was half past three in the morning on a Khulna balcony, and the scoreboard...
The 54kg Frontier: Lo Thi Phung's Asian Games Loss and the Arithmetic of a Second RoundSeptember 20, 2026, afternoon session. Inside the Aichi-Nagoya hall, the...
72% Takedown Defense, a Dislocated Elbow and the Shadow of 26 Seconds: The Flyweight Throne's Ledger and Its Missing ReceiptEighteen takedown attempts. Thirteen of them stuffed. For twenty-five minutes...
Team Kata 5-0: The Swollen Knee and the Breathing Rhythm That Was the Real ScoreboardHook: Five Cards, One Knee I have stopped the last frame again and again. The...
42–41: The Single Touch That Broke Singapore Fencing's Quarter-Final WallApplause arrives late in a fencing hall. So does the sound of the blade itsel...
42–41: The Touch Nobody Sees Without the ScoreboardHall 3 of the Aichi Sky Expo, 9:30 at night. The strip lights are off; only t...
42–41: Singapore's Bronze in a Nagoya Blade Hall, and Korea's Ten-Touch WallThe last hour inside the fencing hall at the Aichi Sky Expo. The strips are...
The Last Touch: Inside Singapore's Historic Women's Épée Bronze — and the Gap It Still Leaves OpenIt was 2:40 in the morning in Chattogram. The laptop screen was the only ligh...