Martial Arts
Five Flags, Not a Score: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold in Nagoya and the Silent Vote of Five Referees
UFC 331 Analysis: Van's Tactical Coronation, Steveson's 12-Second Collapse, and Putting a Hand on the Lightweight 'Greatest Era' Claim
The Leitai Balance Sheet: Vietnam vs China at 56kg, and the Ledger of Six Golds
42–41 and 35–45: Two Tiers Inside Singapore's Fencing Bronze
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Lo Thi Phung in Nagoya: 54kg, Three Rounds, and a Corner That Arrived Late
Barcelos Hospitalized After TKO Loss to Rosas in UFC Main EventEntering the fifth round, Raoni Barcelos was ahead on all three scorecards....
Five Flags, Not a Score: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold in Nagoya and the Silent Vote of Five RefereesThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a whole season — this time the...
Lo Thi Phung in Nagoya: 54kg, Three Rounds, and a Corner That Arrived LateThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held an afternoon no press release...
Vietnam's Team Kata: The Gold That Must Be Judged by Field DepthAugust 2026, the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Karate's Olympic debut — eight gold...
Tied on the Sword, Decided on the Spear: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze in Aichi-Nagoya and a Twelve-Year LedgerI counted fourteen chairs in the press row, and one silence that was mine —...
Short Hair, One Beat: Two Asiad Golds and One Generation-Change in Vietnamese KataOn 22 September, at a kata mat of the twentieth Asian Games, three young wome...
Arman Tsarukyan vs Mauricio Ruffy: A Five-Round Ledger Where Style DecidesThere is a cot in the back room of an old gym in Agrabad, Chattogram; I was...
UFC 331: A 12-Second Shock, a 24-Year-Old's Title Claim, and the Unfinished Math of the Lightweight EraTwelve seconds. Gable Steveson had not even fully settled into his stance—han...
UFC 331 Analysis: Van's Tactical Coronation, Steveson's 12-Second Collapse, and Putting a Hand on the Lightweight 'Greatest Era' ClaimHook — Two Frames, One Night Twenty seconds left in the fifth round. Joshua V...
Vietnam's Gold Rose in My City; the Scoreline Never DidI did not watch it live. That sentence shows up in my column almost on...
The Leitai Balance Sheet: Vietnam vs China at 56kg, and the Ledger of Six GoldsThere were fourteen chairs in the press row and one silence that was mine....
Five to Zero: Three Bodies, One BreathThree athletes stood in the call area, hands linked, eyes shut. Nobody said a...
Not 42–41 but 35–45: The Number Singapore's Fencing Bronze Hides at 3 A.M. in NagoyaI did not watch it live. The news reached me through a Singapore feed, and I...
42–41 and 35–45: Two Tiers Inside Singapore's Fencing BronzeHook: Two Numbers From One Piste At the Aichi Sky Expo, the loudest sound aft...
42–41: The Ledger the Scoreboard Keeps, and the One It BuriesI read the number twice on the laptop screen: 42–41. Beside it, in small type...
Not 42–41 But 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Medal Won't Tell Its Own StoryNot 42–41 But 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Medal Won't Tell Its Own Story The...
Five Flags, Not a Score: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold in Nagoya and the Silent Vote of Five RefereesThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a whole season — this time the...
Lo Thi Phung in Nagoya: 54kg, Three Rounds, and a Corner That Arrived LateThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held an afternoon no press release...
Vietnam's Team Kata: The Gold That Must Be Judged by Field DepthAugust 2026, the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Karate's Olympic debut — eight gold...
Tied on the Sword, Decided on the Spear: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze in Aichi-Nagoya and a Twelve-Year LedgerI counted fourteen chairs in the press row, and one silence that was mine —...
Short Hair, One Beat: Two Asiad Golds and One Generation-Change in Vietnamese KataOn 22 September, at a kata mat of the twentieth Asian Games, three young wome...
Arman Tsarukyan vs Mauricio Ruffy: A Five-Round Ledger Where Style DecidesThere is a cot in the back room of an old gym in Agrabad, Chattogram; I was...
UFC 331: A 12-Second Shock, a 24-Year-Old's Title Claim, and the Unfinished Math of the Lightweight EraTwelve seconds. Gable Steveson had not even fully settled into his stance—han...
UFC 331 Analysis: Van's Tactical Coronation, Steveson's 12-Second Collapse, and Putting a Hand on the Lightweight 'Greatest Era' ClaimHook — Two Frames, One Night Twenty seconds left in the fifth round. Joshua V...
Vietnam's Gold Rose in My City; the Scoreline Never DidI did not watch it live. That sentence shows up in my column almost on...
The Leitai Balance Sheet: Vietnam vs China at 56kg, and the Ledger of Six GoldsThere were fourteen chairs in the press row and one silence that was mine....
Five to Zero: Three Bodies, One BreathThree athletes stood in the call area, hands linked, eyes shut. Nobody said a...
Not 42–41 but 35–45: The Number Singapore's Fencing Bronze Hides at 3 A.M. in NagoyaI did not watch it live. The news reached me through a Singapore feed, and I...
42–41 and 35–45: Two Tiers Inside Singapore's Fencing BronzeHook: Two Numbers From One Piste At the Aichi Sky Expo, the loudest sound aft...
42–41: The Ledger the Scoreboard Keeps, and the One It BuriesI read the number twice on the laptop screen: 42–41. Beside it, in small type...
Not 42–41 But 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Medal Won't Tell Its Own StoryNot 42–41 But 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Medal Won't Tell Its Own Story The...