Martial Arts
From 9.703 to 9.710: How 0.007 Points Rewrote a Twelve-Year Ledger, Watched From Nagoya
The Short-Hair Ledger: Vietnam's Two Asiad Kata Golds and Bangladesh's Four Uncounted Golds
Asiad 2026: Vietnam's Gamble Moves from the Familiar Poomsae Mat to the Unfamiliar Virtual Taekwondo Screen
Teqball and Kata: What Vietnam's Two Bronzes at Asiad 20 Are Really Saying
Asiad 2026: Vietnam's Gamble Moves from the Familiar Poomsae Mat to the Unfamiliar Virtual Taekwondo ScreenIn the summer of 2026 I went to a fan zone in Karama, Dubai, and stood in a...
From 9.703 to 9.710: How 0.007 Points Rewrote a Twelve-Year Ledger, Watched From NagoyaOn the scoreboard, two names sit side by side after the jianshu routine: Duon...
Teqball and Kata: What Vietnam's Two Bronzes at Asiad 20 Are Really SayingThe line froze on the screen — 0–5. Karate kata mat, so it was neither a...
The Short-Hair Ledger: Vietnam's Two Asiad Kata Golds and Bangladesh's Four Uncounted GoldsThree short haircuts, one breath. I have scrolled past the image of Vietnam's...
One Overtime Touch and a Ten-Touch Gap: Singapore's First Team Medal in ÉpéeHook: From 41–41 to a Single Touch The lights in the hall at Aichi Sky Expo...
The Blade Ledger: From 42–41 to 35–45 — Singapore's First Team Medal and the Wall Still StandingIt was around half past three in the morning. In a small room in Khulna, unde...
The Overtime Touch and the Wall at 35: A Field Note on Singapore's First Team Épée MedalThe clock at Aichi Sky Expo's Hall 3 stopped mattering the moment the...
The Last Hour at Aichi Sky Expo: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Space Between 42–41 and 35–45The lights on the scoring apparatus are the last thing anyone remembers to...
The No-Priority Ledger: Singapore's Épée Bronze and a Dispatch Filed to the Wrong DeskA file landed on my Osaka desk a few days ago with a label stuck to the top:...