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The 'martial arts' label is killing Asian martial arts analysisIncheon, 2:40 in the morning. I open an eight-part analysis file covering an...
Vietnamese Combat Sports Score Three Ways, and the Reporter Carries Only One NotebookOn an April afternoon I stood in the corridor of an indoor arena in Ho Chi Mi...
Three Rule Sets, One Martial Art: Why Vietnamese Combat Sports Are Dividing ThemselvesAt an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the traditional martial arts final ended at...
Asiad 20 Day 1 (Sept 20): Two Bronze Medals and the Data Gap Behind the Karate Kata MedalWhen Bùi Ngọc Nhi lost to a Japanese athlete in the qualifying round of the...
Sanda 56kg at Asiad 20: Dinh Van Tam, the Throw, and the Chinese WallOn an eight-square-metre platform raised eighty centimetres off the floor,...
VAR Eye, the Whistle, and Fragmented Trust: A View from Vietnam's Martial Arts ArenaA Saigon district arena on an April night. Flickering fluorescent light, slow...
The Empty Framework: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Keeps Misreading ItselfA fight night in Hanoi, last weekend. I was sitting in the seventh row, close...
The Zero Line: Why Professional Combat Sports Analysis Is Fooling ItselfThe Zero Line: Why Professional Combat Sports Analysis Is Fooling Itself You...
European Table Tennis Changes the Rules: The LA 2028 Olympic Ticket Is Decided in February 2027The direct ticket to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will go to the gold...
Maistruk picks Kenyon: The 54.34 and the two-year equation before the NCAA thresholdWhen Yehor Maistruk touched the wall in 54.34 in the 100-yard breaststroke in...
Women's Volleyball Pool A at the 2026 Asian Games: Eight Japanese Names and Indonesia's SilenceOn a sports page, I counted eight Japanese player names: Wada, Sato, Seki,...
Six Points Across Two Sets in Shangluo: Asian Beach Volleyball and the Ticket to Los Angeles 2028In Shangluo, a small city in Shaanxi Province, the pool stage of the Asian...
Savitha Shri's 7/7 at the Chess Olympiad: What the Data Says, and Where the Data Runs OutThe game ran nearly five hours. The position had settled into a dead draw — t...
André Jardine Sends an Emotional Message to América: Three Years of Memory and the Invisible Pressure on the Hot Seat at Coapa5:12 AM in Manchester The street lamps on Tib Street were still glowing when ...
Ollie Bearman between Haas and Ferrari: Reading the Academy Ladder from a Soft News ItemOn a fan-event stage in Malaysia, Ollie Bearman stood between two Ferrari...
Yusei Imaizumi Breaks World Junior Record in 100m Short Course BreaststrokeYusei Imaizumi, 17-year-old Japanese swimmer, set a new World Junior Record i...
Kate Douglass: The 23.19 World Record – A Data Symphony of VersatilityThe number 23.19 is not just a world record. It is a statement. When Kate...
Kumamoto Masters 2026: Shi Yuqi Withdraws, Li Shifeng Leads China's Men's Singles Amid a Data GapLate at night in Nagoya, as the entry list for the Kumamoto Masters Japan 202...
LCP 2027: VCS Gets Another Road to Internationals, but Riot Is Still Withholding Two Decisive PiecesIn July 2026, the LCP Mid-Season final in Taipei peaked at roughly 500,000...
When White Skips 2.c4: Black and the Lesson of Reading the Board AgainOn an afternoon in Nha Trang, an October downpour softened the heat, and I sa...
