Martial Arts
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
The 0.133 Gap: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze and the Invisible Arithmetic of Wushu Taolu
Four Bronzes in One Day, One Final: Inside Vietnam's Sanda Medal Ledger
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...
Martial ArtsVietnam's First ASIAD Gold: The Arithmetic of Kata, the Medal Table's Gaps, and the Four Gates of One EventOn September 22, 2026, a sports report published at 14:20 carried its most...
Martial ArtsMMA's Asian Games Debut at Asiad 20: Lò Thị Phung Stopped by a Scorecard, but the Question Belongs to Bangladesh TooThe story started in a Hanoi fight report, passed through a Dhaka desk, and...
Martial ArtsAge 33, Five Asiads, Gap 0.133: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze Is Vietnam Wushu's Evergreen FarewellDuong Thuy Vi, the 33-year-old Vietnamese wushu taolu veteran, won bronze in...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Chair at 77kg: A Weight-Cut Ledger and the Question Nobody at Asiad 2026 Is AskingSeptember 20, 2026. In Aichi-Nagoya, the bout sheet for the men's under-77 kg...
Martial ArtsTeam Kata Geometry: Three Athletes, One Breath, and a 5-0 GoldThe date in my notebook is still marked unverified — “Asian Games, team kata...