Martial Arts
Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Three Days, Two Bets and the Unlocked Door of Virtual2026-09-28October 1, 2026. Poomsae. October 2. Sparring. October 3. Virtual taekwondo....
Asiad 20: Vietnam's Women's Team Kata, Three Straight 5-0 Sweeps and the 'Composure' Trap2026-09-26The referee raises a flag. Five flags. Five hands pointing the same way. Not ...
Sanda 56kg at Asiad 20: Dinh Van Tam and the Parity Question Against Ou Jiaming2026-09-24I still keep the handwritten note from the night Dinh Van Tam stepped onto th...
The Sauna at Aichi-Nagoya: An Indian Fighter Loses Consciousness Before His Asian Games 2026 Quarterfinal, and the Debt of a Single Night's Weight Cut2026-09-22The first person to reach him was a Nepali athlete. Inside the sauna at the...
Vietnam Poomsae at Chuncheon 2026: A Gold Medal Rewritten by One Roster Swap2026-09-19The Chuncheon Arena Was Silent The Chuncheon arena was silent. No roar from t...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the 0-6 Scoreline: A Silver Medal That Opens the Weight-Class QuestionIn my kumite notebook, the first line of the women’s -59kg final in...
Martial ArtsVietnam's women's team kata at Asiad 20: what a 5–0 sweep proves, and what the flags leave outIn Nagoya on the evening of 22 September, the five judges raised their flags...
Martial ArtsThe Blank File in Martial Arts: When a Reporter Chooses Verified SilenceMonday morning, I opened the file for a martial arts analysis piece and found...
Martial ArtsThe Korean Ring and the Paradox of Machines That Forgot How to LoseOn the night of August 26, 2026, at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Chan Sung Jung...
Martial ArtsTaekwondo at Asiad 2026: Three Days, Two Bets and the Unlocked Door of VirtualOctober 1, 2026. Poomsae. October 2. Sparring. October 3. Virtual taekwondo....
Martial ArtsTaekwondo at Aichi-Nagoya 2026: Three Days, Three Rulesets, and a Door Few Are WatchingOn a training floor in Incheon, a sensor vest beeps every time a bare foot hi...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: Vietnam's Women's Team Kata, Three Straight 5-0 Sweeps and the 'Composure' TrapThe referee raises a flag. Five flags. Five hands pointing the same way. Not ...
Martial ArtsTeam Kata Gold at Asiad 20: The Blank Space Next to the 5-0 LineA photograph I kept from the homecoming of Vietnam's karate team: three femal...
Martial ArtsVietnam Women's Team Kata Defends Asian Games 20 Gold: Three Breaths as OneThe most memorable moment in a kata final is not in the last technique. It is...
Martial ArtsSanda 56kg at Asiad 20: Dinh Van Tam and the Parity Question Against Ou JiamingI still keep the handwritten note from the night Dinh Van Tam stepped onto th...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi at 33 and 0.133 Points: The Thinnest Gap in Asian TaoluIn the press row of an arena in Japan, I held a notebook already filled with...