Martial Arts
Sauna, a Bye and Thirty Minutes: Where the Weight-Cut Arithmetic Went Wrong at Asiad 2026
Asiad 20: The Real Tier Line Inside Vietnam's Two Bronzes
The Semifinal Ceiling: Vietnam's Wushu Medal Ledger, Three Empty Rows and One Unfinished Final
The 77 kg Line: Fasting, Sauna and the Geometry of a Blackout at Asiad 2026
The Bouts Nobody Counted: A Ledger of Silence in Bangladesh's Combat Sports
Martial ArtsSauna, a Bye and Thirty Minutes: Where the Weight-Cut Arithmetic Went Wrong at Asiad 2026Aichi-Nagoya, September 2026. The most important frame of this Asiad's combat...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: The Real Tier Line Inside Vietnam's Two BronzesHook A 0–5 scoreline on a karate mat looks like a knockout. It is not. Nobody...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Ceiling: Vietnam's Wushu Medal Ledger, Three Empty Rows and One Unfinished FinalAt half past ten on the night of 23 September I sat on a Bangkok balcony...
Martial ArtsThe 77 kg Line: Fasting, Sauna and the Geometry of a Blackout at Asiad 2026Thirty minutes inside the sauna. Then black. I rebuild that frame inside my...
Martial ArtsThe Bouts Nobody Counted: A Ledger of Silence in Bangladesh's Combat SportsIn June 2026, at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka, I propped a phone against a wate...