Martial Arts
The Kata Scoresheet Never Counts the Tremor: Vietnam's 5–0 Gold in Nagoya and One Empty Box
One Overtime Touch Makes History: Singapore's First Asian Games Épée Team Bronze
The “5-0” Mystery in Kata: Vietnam’s Asian Games Gold and the Ledger That Does Not Balance
From a 3-4 Loss to Gold: How Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Answered Iran
UFC 331: Twelve Seconds, One Crown, and the Empty Column of a 'Golden Era'
Kata's '5-0': Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and the Ledger Nobody Reconciles
Martial ArtsThe “5-0” Mystery in Kata: Vietnam’s Asian Games Gold and the Ledger That Does Not BalanceThe “5-0” Mystery in Kata: Vietnam’s Asian Games Gold and the Ledger That Doe...
Martial ArtsFrom a 3-4 Loss to Gold: How Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Answered IranOn the afternoon of September 22, 2026, I watched the final from a desk in...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Twelve Seconds, One Crown, and the Empty Column of a 'Golden Era'Three numbers are marked in my notebook after this card: 12, 4 and 24. Twelve...
Martial ArtsKata's '5-0': Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and the Ledger Nobody ReconcilesThe scoreboard said 5-0. I stopped at that number, because in karate kata a...
Martial ArtsThe Kata Scoresheet Never Counts the Tremor: Vietnam's 5–0 Gold in Nagoya and One Empty Box1. The Last Hour in the Hall The chairs were being stacked one on top of...
Martial ArtsOne Touch of Bronze, Ten Touches of Truth42–41. One touch. In the last second of overtime, Singapore's anchor blade...
Martial ArtsOne Overtime Touch Makes History: Singapore's First Asian Games Épée Team BronzeSometimes the scoreboard tells you everything except the truth. At the...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Team Bronze, and Korea's Ten-Touch Wall42–41. When that touch landed, I dropped the playback to a slow crawl. The...