Martial Arts
A Swollen Knee, Three Pairs of Hands and a 5-0: What the Ledger Says About Vietnam's Team Kata Gold2026-09-26Three of them sat side by side on the warm-up room floor, holding each other'...
From 42–41 to 35–45: How Singapore's Épée Bronze Arrived, and What Stayed Behind2026-09-26Aichi Sky Expo, Nagoya. Seven in the evening, strip four. Ten minutes earlier...
Bronze Without a Bronze Bout: Reading Singapore's Épée Relay from Nagoya2026-09-26Forty minutes separate my desk in Nagoya from the Aichi Sky Expo floor. I did...
The Semifinal Is Vietnam's Wall: How to Read Four Asian Games Bronzes2026-09-26On September 23 the Vietnamese wushu camp filed two numbers: four bronzes in ...
Martial ArtsBronze Without a Bronze Bout: Reading Singapore's Épée Relay from NagoyaForty minutes separate my desk in Nagoya from the Aichi Sky Expo floor. I did...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Is Vietnam's Wall: How to Read Four Asian Games BronzesOn September 23 the Vietnamese wushu camp filed two numbers: four bronzes in ...
Martial ArtsA Swollen Knee, Three Pairs of Hands and a 5-0: What the Ledger Says About Vietnam's Team Kata GoldThree of them sat side by side on the warm-up room floor, holding each other'...
Martial ArtsFive Judges, Five-Zero: Vietnam's Karate Gold and the Arithmetic Problem Inside a 'Perfect Win'I did not watch the final live. From a Nagoya apartment, at three in the...
Martial ArtsFive Judges, One Hand: Where Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Actually TurnedBefore the final routine began, three Vietnamese kata athletes stood at the...
Martial ArtsFive Kilograms and Two Rounds: The Asiad Ledger of Lò Thị PhungTwo of the three judges raised their hands for South Korea's Lee Bomi. The...
Martial Arts42–41 and Korea's 45–35: Both Sides of an Épée BronzeHook: The Number That Starts the Arithmetic The board at the Aichi Sky Expo...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: How Singapore's Épée Bronze Arrived, and What Stayed BehindAichi Sky Expo, Nagoya. Seven in the evening, strip four. Ten minutes earlier...
Martial ArtsThree Editions, One Wall, One Overtime Touch: The Ledger Behind Singapore's Épée Bronze2:15 a.m., Bangkok. Mewatch on the laptop screen, and inside it the piste at...
Martial Arts42–41: The Last Touch on the Blade, and the Ledger Behind Three Medals42–41: The Last Touch on the Blade, and the Ledger Behind Three Medals Hook:...
Martial Arts42–41: Where the Fence Scoreboard Stops, the Real Count BeginsI count with my hands. In 2026, at eighteen, I sat in the indoor hall of the...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Is Vietnam's Wall: How to Read Four Asian Games BronzesOn September 23 the Vietnamese wushu camp filed two numbers: four bronzes in ...
Martial ArtsA Swollen Knee, Three Pairs of Hands and a 5-0: What the Ledger Says About Vietnam's Team Kata GoldThree of them sat side by side on the warm-up room floor, holding each other'...
Martial ArtsFive Judges, Five-Zero: Vietnam's Karate Gold and the Arithmetic Problem Inside a 'Perfect Win'I did not watch the final live. From a Nagoya apartment, at three in the...
Martial ArtsFive Judges, One Hand: Where Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Actually TurnedBefore the final routine began, three Vietnamese kata athletes stood at the...
Martial ArtsFive Kilograms and Two Rounds: The Asiad Ledger of Lò Thị PhungTwo of the three judges raised their hands for South Korea's Lee Bomi. The...
Martial Arts42–41 and Korea's 45–35: Both Sides of an Épée BronzeHook: The Number That Starts the Arithmetic The board at the Aichi Sky Expo...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: How Singapore's Épée Bronze Arrived, and What Stayed BehindAichi Sky Expo, Nagoya. Seven in the evening, strip four. Ten minutes earlier...
Martial ArtsThree Editions, One Wall, One Overtime Touch: The Ledger Behind Singapore's Épée Bronze2:15 a.m., Bangkok. Mewatch on the laptop screen, and inside it the piste at...
Martial Arts42–41: The Last Touch on the Blade, and the Ledger Behind Three Medals42–41: The Last Touch on the Blade, and the Ledger Behind Three Medals Hook:...
Martial Arts42–41: Where the Fence Scoreboard Stops, the Real Count BeginsI count with my hands. In 2026, at eighteen, I sat in the indoor hall of the...