Martial Arts
Three Quarterfinal Exits, One Breakthrough: Singapore's First Epee Team Medal
Vietnam Women's Team Kata and the Asiad 20 Gold: A 5-0 Scorecard That Cannot Lie
UFC 331: Tsarukyan vs. Ruffy – The Fight That Defines the Next Title Shot
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Medal Hopes Rest on Two Female Fighters
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Data Void: Looking Straight into the Empty Arena
Quy Nhon Rain, Saigon MMA Cages, and the Unfilled Gap of Vietnamese Martial Arts
Martial ArtsTuyet Sang, Poomsae and the Virtual Medal: Asiad 2026 Opens Its Door to the Early ArriverAt the national taekwondo poomsae finals in early 2026, Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang...
Martial Arts5-0 Over Iran: When Five Kata Judges Had No Room Left to WaverIn the women's team kata final, I sat about seven rows from the tatami, close...
Martial ArtsThree Quarterfinal Exits, One Breakthrough: Singapore's First Epee Team MedalA Thai track coach once told me something I've carried for years: "We don't...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Tsarukyan's Back — The Biggest Variable Nobody Dares to PriceArman Tsarukyan stepped onto the scale, healthy, on weight, and eighteen mont...
Martial ArtsSingapore's women's epee team bronze: the empty seat and the top seedThe empty seat and a score that does not fit the format The scoreboard stoppe...
Martial ArtsVietnam's team kata defends gold in Toyohashi: the shared breath and the arithmetic behind the medalI sat in the fourth row of the Toyohashi arena, behind the technical area,...
Martial ArtsWhy Dinh Van Tam can beat the Chinese opponent in the 56kg sanda final at Asiad 20?I stood in the corridor behind the arena while Dinh Van Tam laced his gloves....
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and 0.133 Points: Vietnam's Spear Stood One Breath from GoldIt was the last routine of the evening, and the arena had been waiting for it...
Martial ArtsThree Athletes, Three Rounds, Three 5–0 Sweeps: Vietnam's Women's Team Kata and the First Gold of Asiad 20A stadium so quiet that I could hear the breathing of the match itself. That...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Wushu at the 20th Asian Games: Four Bronzes, One Final Berth, and a Ceiling Still StandingAn Empty Box in the Notebook September 23. The arena's electronic board had...
Martial ArtsVietnam's women's team kata and the 5-0 gold: what the scoreboard cannot sayThree young women stood off the mat, hands linked, eyes half closed, breathin...
Martial ArtsVietnam Women's Team Kata and the Asiad 20 Gold: A 5-0 Scorecard That Cannot Lie"I once simulated the roar of a crowd for an empty stadium, and discovered th...
Martial ArtsPFL CEO John Martin resigns after MVP merger: A power transfer that needs no microphoneToday, learning that John Martin stepped down as PFL CEO less than two months...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Tsarukyan vs. Ruffy – The Fight That Defines the Next Title ShotLos Angeles, Crypto.com Arena – As Tsarukyan stepped into the octagon, I...
Martial ArtsFainting in the Sauna, Losing an Asian Games Quarterfinal Spot: When the Scale Defeats a Fighter Before the Fight BeginsOn the night of September 20, no bell rang for Sanyal. He collapsed in the...
Martial ArtsSell-On Clauses and Wage Ceilings: The Real Story Behind Every J.League Youth SaleAt 9:40 on the morning of 9 January 2026, on the seventh floor of an office...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Analysis Sheet and the Discipline of Writing Martial Arts2:14 a.m. in Nakano, Tokyo. The analysis file the production team sent back r...
Martial ArtsVietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Medal Hopes Rest on Two Female FightersA taekwondo court has no long bell like a boxing ring. Everything is decided...
Martial ArtsThree Rulebooks, One Headline: Why Vietnamese Sports Media Misreads Combat SportsOpening Hanoi, September 2026. I was sitting in a small studio in Cau Giay...
Martial ArtsInam Butt and the short ban: When a medically valid reason still cannot save a silver medalThe day the therapeutic use exemption paperwork surfaced in the file, Inam Bu...
Martial ArtsThe Heaviest Belt in the UFC: 27 Reigns in 28 Years and a Vacancy Nobody Wants to HoldIt was 3am on 3 March 2026 and I was not in Nationwide Arena, Columbus. Only ...
Martial ArtsChuncheon and Vietnam's Collective-Medal Equation in Poomsae: When the Forms Floor Is Scored by Points, Not by an OpponentThe scoring table in Chuncheon sits exactly seven meters from the competition...
Martial ArtsThe Data Void in Vietnamese Martial Arts: When Fight Records Do Not Exist5:40 in the morning. The floor of a training hall in southern Nha Trang was...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Chair in Vietnamese Combat Sports: From Thu Nhi to Duy Nhất, an Autopsy of a System That Misreads Its Heroes' NamesOn the night of January 20, 2026, at an arena on the outskirts of Pathum Than...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts and the Data Void: Looking Straight into the Empty ArenaThe program for a martial arts night in southern Vietnam listed a fighter's...
Martial ArtsQuy Nhon Rain, Saigon MMA Cages, and the Unfilled Gap of Vietnamese Martial ArtsQuy Nhon rain fell through the corrugated roof of the training hall. Water...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Arenas: The Gap No One FillsI sat in the fourth row of a small gym buried down an alley in District 4,...
Martial ArtsEmpty Dossier, Unspoken Verdict: The Verification Principle in Judging V.League RefereesOn the night of November 3, at matchday 6 of the V.League, the fixture betwee...
