Martial Arts
19.546 vs 19.413: Dương Thúy Vi's Bronze in Nagoya and the Succession Arithmetic of Vietnamese Taolu
Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze on the Nagoya Piste: Tier Entry, Not Tier Capture
42–41: The Single Touch That Opened a New Door in Singapore's Fencing History
From 42–41 to 35–45: The Two-Ledger Account of Singapore's Fencing Bronze
The 42–41 Ledger: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Ceiling Against Korea
42–41: Singapore's First Épée Bronze, and the Ledger the Scoreboard Never Writes
Martial ArtsFrom 0–5 to Bronze: How Vietnam's Two Medals at Asiad 20 Were BuiltThe ball dropped on the far side of the curved table and the scoreboard read...
Martial ArtsFrom 49kg to 54kg: Lo Thi Phung's Quarterfinal and Combat Sport's Unsettled LedgerSeptember 20, 2026. Afternoon session, women's 54kg MMA quarterfinal at the...
Martial ArtsFive Judges, Five-Zero: Vietnam's Kata Gold and Our Stalled StaircaseThree past midnight in Chattogram. The hotel window on the third floor is lef...
Martial Arts19.546 vs 19.413: Dương Thúy Vi's Bronze in Nagoya and the Succession Arithmetic of Vietnamese TaoluMarch 2026, Dhaka, NSC Gymnasium. On the last evening of a four-day national...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Team Épée Bronze on the Nagoya Piste: Tier Entry, Not Tier CaptureOn the scoreboard in Hall 3 it read 42–41, a few minutes before the evening...
Martial ArtsThe Last Touch in Épée: Singapore's First Team Medal and the Ten-Touch GapI count seconds because every athlete is somebody. Last night I was counting...
Martial Arts42–41: The Single Touch That Opened a New Door in Singapore's Fencing HistoryThe strip at the Aichi Sky Expo was lit at 41–41. Singapore had spent most of...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: The Two-Ledger Account of Singapore's Fencing BronzeThe clock on the left of the piste was nearly out. The cumulative target in...
Martial ArtsThe 42–41 Overtime and the 35–45 Truth: What Falls Out When You Read Singapore's Fencing BronzeThe lights were fading over the piste at Aichi Sky Expo, and in the closing...
Martial ArtsThe 42–41 Ledger: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Ceiling Against KoreaThe final touch landed at 2:20 a.m. Bangkok time. The phone was propped again...
Martial ArtsThe Beep of the Last Touch: How Singapore's Épée Team Broke a Three-Games WallInside the fencing hall of the Aichi Sky Expo, an evening session. Two...
Martial ArtsThe First Column for the Sword: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Honest Arithmetic of 35–45The scoreboard read 42–41. Not 45. I was in a rented flat in Bangkok at two i...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Épée Bronze, and the Ledger the Scoreboard Never WritesThe final touch landed on the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, and the board lit ...
Martial Arts42–41, Then 35–45: The Ledger Behind Singapore's First Épée Team BronzeAt two in the morning in a Chattogram newsroom, the mewatch stream was still...
Martial ArtsÉpée on the Deal Sheet: 42–41 and the Ten-Touch Paper Against KoreaWhen the final touch of overtime lit up the board, the score read 42–41. In m...
Martial ArtsSword, Rulebook and Ten Touches: What Singapore's Bronze Actually Measures42–41. That was the number on the board. In the women's team épée quarter-fin...