Martial Arts
Mexican Wrestling Referee Death: 'Martinete' or 'Contralona' — Legal Settlement, Public Outrage, and the Shadow of Unregulated Events
No Center, Still Standing: Why Bangladeshi Combat Sports Survived Without a Federation
Four Asiads, One Bronze: Duong Thuy Vi and the Ledger of Sword and Spear at Aichi-Nagoya
The Empty Chair at 77kg: A Weight-Cut Ledger and the Question Nobody at Asiad 2026 Is Asking
Martial ArtsOne Folder, Three Sports: Why Bangladesh Keeps Martial Arts in the Wrong BoxAt 3:40 a.m. in a Nagoya apartment, one folder is open with three videos insi...
Martial ArtsHe Started Karate to Eat Better: Chi Thanh Wins Double Gold at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports CongressFrom a Rice Bowl to the National Podium: A Decade of Progress for Chi Thanh A...
Martial ArtsVietnam National Sports Games 2026: Muay Thai Opens the Competition Amid Weight-Class Gaps and Questions Over Talent DevelopmentA sports hall in Ho Chi Minh City is being prepared for a competition that...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Twelve Seconds of Knockout, Five Rounds of Defence, and the Arithmetic of a 'Greatest Era'Three in the morning in Dhaka. UFC 331 on the laptop, a spiral notebook in...
Martial ArtsA Swollen Knee and Five Aligned Judges: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Was Won in the Waiting AreaA left knee was swelling in the corner of the warm-up court, and nobody in th...
Martial ArtsThe Empty-File Fight: Information Deficit Is Bangladeshi Combat Sports' Real OpponentThere is a folder open on the table in my Rajshahi house. Eight columns:...
Martial ArtsMexican Wrestling Referee Death: 'Martinete' or 'Contralona' — Legal Settlement, Public Outrage, and the Shadow of Unregulated EventsAt the 11 de Julio Sports and Cultural Center in Mineral de la Reforma,...
Martial ArtsFace Powder on the Battlefield: In China's Six Dynasties, Beauty Was an Arithmetic of Power, Not Proof of WeaknessIn January 2026, a promotional still from a Chinese historical drama went...
Martial ArtsAbu Dhabi's Two Cruiserweight Belts: What the MMA Star Import Costs Wrestling's LedgerNovember 14, Etihad Arena. I counted fourteen chairs in the press row — this...
Martial ArtsBuakaw at 44: When the 'Muay Saint' Aura Doesn't Match the Kickboxing LedgerOctober 3, 2026. Max Muay Thai Stadium, Chonburi. Thai and Chinese flags side...
Martial ArtsNo Center, Still Standing: Why Bangladeshi Combat Sports Survived Without a FederationNo Center, Still Standing: Why Bangladeshi Combat Sports Survived Without a...
Martial ArtsThe 0.133 Gap: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze and the Invisible Arithmetic of Wushu TaoluFrom my desk in Nagoya, the taolu floor is a few train stops away. Still, whe...
Martial ArtsFour Asiads, One Bronze: Duong Thuy Vi and the Ledger of Sword and Spear at Aichi-NagoyaThe morning session on the taolu floor in Aichi-Nagoya. The women’s jianshu —...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Day, One Final: Inside Vietnam's Sanda Medal LedgerI read the bracket sheet from September 23 twice. At the top sat Dinh Van Tam...
Martial ArtsThe Bout Sheet That Never Made It to a File: Bangladesh Combat Sports' Empty LedgerNovember 21, 2026. A hotel ballroom in Dhaka. The first professional boxing...