Martial Arts
0.133 Points: The Bronze of Wushu Taolu and a 33-Year-Old's Ledger2026-09-24Three numbers were burning on the scoreboard. 19.546. 19.446. 19.413. Three...
Four Bronzes in a Day, One Final: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's Sanda Semifinal Ceiling2026-09-24The Empty Box on the Bout Sheet On September 23, as Dhaka's evening light...
Zero Point One Three Three: The Final Ledger of a Sixteen-Year Taolu Career2026-09-24Hook 19.546. 19.446. 19.413. Three numbers, three medals, and a total distanc...
Sanda 56kg Final: Vietnam vs China, Where the Scorecard Is the Real Witness2026-09-24The leitai stage is a twenty-minute train ride from my flat. On the sanda...
From 9.703 to 9.710: How Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze Was Really Decided on a Judged Mat2026-09-24I rewatched the routine frame by frame until the crowd's applause became...
0.133 Points: The Bronze of Wushu Taolu and a 33-Year-Old's LedgerThree numbers were burning on the scoreboard. 19.546. 19.446. 19.413. Three...
From 9.703 to 9.710: How Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze Was Really Decided on a Judged MatI rewatched the routine frame by frame until the crowd's applause became...
Sixteen Square Metres on the Leitai: China's Monopoly at 56kg and One Vietnamese ThrowA cot, an empty hall, and the twenty-fourth of September In March 2026, I lai...
Four Bronzes in a Day, One Final: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's Sanda Semifinal CeilingThe Empty Box on the Bout Sheet On September 23, as Dhaka's evening light...
From a Tie to Bronze: Duong Thuy Vi, 33, and the Ledger of Four AsiadsA number hung on the scoreboard before the evening qiangshu routine began —...
Zero Point One Three Three: The Final Ledger of a Sixteen-Year Taolu CareerHook 19.546. 19.446. 19.413. Three numbers, three medals, and a total distanc...
Vietnam's Karate Gold: The '5-0' That Doesn't Sit on a Kata ScoreboardI was sitting in a karate dojo in Sri Lanka on 22 September at 14:20, when a...
The Twelve-Second Ledger: How UFC 331 Wrote a New Flyweight Crown and a Lightweight 'Greatest Era' at OnceThe cage lights had not fully come up. Gable Steveson lay on the canvas, arms...
The Empty Ledger: Why Combat Sports' Most Honest Document Is a Blank Balance SheetHook An analysis report came back to my desk last week. Twenty-two fields, an...
Sanda 56kg Final: Vietnam vs China, Where the Scorecard Is the Real WitnessThe leitai stage is a twenty-minute train ride from my flat. On the sanda...
Gold in the Geometry of Team Kata: Vietnam's 5-0 and the Frame Nobody WatchedI stop on frame two. The Vietnamese left knee. Swelling under tape, and above...
Two 5-0s and One Score Nobody Printed: Vietnam's First ASIAD 2026 GoldTwo 5-0s and One Score Nobody Printed: Vietnam's First ASIAD 2026 Gold...
Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold: The 5-0 Kata Score, the 13-Place Leap, and a Blank Cell in the Medal TableThe stream from the karate court in Aichi-Nagoya came through in the evening,...