Martial Arts
UFC 332: Nine First-Round Knockouts and How the UFC Engineered a Record
When Martial Arts News Is Hollow: The Eight Layers of Verification Nobody Walks Through
UFC 332 and the record 9 first-round knockouts: what the stat sheet left out
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed Bracket: A Vietnamese Female Athlete's Medal Measured in Milliseconds
Dinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: When the Knee Weighs More Than the Medal
The Fifth Round in Las Vegas: Raoni Barcelos, the Stretcher, and the Limits of Being 39
The Blank Page in Chiang Mai: When an Analysis Has Nothing Left to AnalyzeI open the thick notebook, flip to the page marked with a yellow slip, and...
The Mat Without Records: Vietnamese Martial Arts Fates Awaiting a ChroniclerAt 5:30 in the morning in Da Nang, dew still clings to the tiles of a small...
Nguyen Huu Thanh and the ONE belt: Vietnamese martial arts won a fight and lost a systemThe first two scorecards were read out over the noise of Phu Tho Arena, and...
The Empty Chair at the Hidalgo Ring: When a Referee Took a Move Banned in Every Major ArenaThe referee's chair at a Mexican lucha libre show is usually placed somewhere...
Referee Dies After Martinete in Hidalgo: The Regulatory Vacuum of Independent Mexican Lucha LibreIn any combat arena, the referee is the only person standing in the middle wh...
At 44, “Muay Saint” Buakaw Still Lands Fierce Strikes, Beats Chinese Master for the Second TimeSPORT: MARTIAL ARTS / KICKBOXING — DEEP ANALYSIS At 44, “Muay Saint” Buakaw...
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...
UFC 332: Nine First-Round Knockouts and How the UFC Engineered a RecordKing Green lay face down on the canvas, the referee waving the fight off at...
When Martial Arts News Is Hollow: The Eight Layers of Verification Nobody Walks ThroughA Beijing winter, the heating in the old arena groaning like the breath of a...
UFC 332 and the record 9 first-round knockouts: what the stat sheet left outI stayed seated after the co-main event ended. The clock stopped at 2:32 of t...
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed Bracket: A Vietnamese Female Athlete's Medal Measured in MillisecondsThe competition hall in Aichi-Nagoya was so quiet that the hum of the compute...
Darren Yap and the Asian poomsae bronze: Singapore taekwondo's first continental medalDarren Yap walked off the mat with his hands still trembling slightly. When t...
Darren Yap and the Poomsae Breath: Singapore's Historic Bronze as the First Step of a SymphonyWhen the stands are empty, I hear the breathing of the players more clearly...
Darren Yap and the poomsae bronze: Singapore's milestone on the Asian stageThe moment Darren Yap closed his final routine, the arena in Nagoya went sile...
Dinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: When the Knee Weighs More Than the MedalEvery major tournament cycle begins on a morning when no one has woken up yet...
Nguyen Thi Tam reaches the Asiad 20 final: a medal measured by the stopwatch, not the cheersThirty seconds after the final bell at Nishio Arena, I was still looking at t...
The Mat Without Records: Vietnamese Martial Arts Fates Awaiting a ChroniclerAt 5:30 in the morning in Da Nang, dew still clings to the tiles of a small...
Nguyen Huu Thanh and the ONE belt: Vietnamese martial arts won a fight and lost a systemThe first two scorecards were read out over the noise of Phu Tho Arena, and...
The Empty Chair at the Hidalgo Ring: When a Referee Took a Move Banned in Every Major ArenaThe referee's chair at a Mexican lucha libre show is usually placed somewhere...
Referee Dies After Martinete in Hidalgo: The Regulatory Vacuum of Independent Mexican Lucha LibreIn any combat arena, the referee is the only person standing in the middle wh...
At 44, “Muay Saint” Buakaw Still Lands Fierce Strikes, Beats Chinese Master for the Second TimeSPORT: MARTIAL ARTS / KICKBOXING — DEEP ANALYSIS At 44, “Muay Saint” Buakaw...
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...
UFC 332: Nine First-Round Knockouts and How the UFC Engineered a RecordKing Green lay face down on the canvas, the referee waving the fight off at...
When Martial Arts News Is Hollow: The Eight Layers of Verification Nobody Walks ThroughA Beijing winter, the heating in the old arena groaning like the breath of a...
UFC 332 and the record 9 first-round knockouts: what the stat sheet left outI stayed seated after the co-main event ended. The clock stopped at 2:32 of t...
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed Bracket: A Vietnamese Female Athlete's Medal Measured in MillisecondsThe competition hall in Aichi-Nagoya was so quiet that the hum of the compute...
Darren Yap and the Asian poomsae bronze: Singapore taekwondo's first continental medalDarren Yap walked off the mat with his hands still trembling slightly. When t...
Darren Yap and the Poomsae Breath: Singapore's Historic Bronze as the First Step of a SymphonyWhen the stands are empty, I hear the breathing of the players more clearly...
Darren Yap and the poomsae bronze: Singapore's milestone on the Asian stageThe moment Darren Yap closed his final routine, the arena in Nagoya went sile...
Dinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: When the Knee Weighs More Than the MedalEvery major tournament cycle begins on a morning when no one has woken up yet...
Nguyen Thi Tam reaches the Asiad 20 final: a medal measured by the stopwatch, not the cheersThirty seconds after the final bell at Nishio Arena, I was still looking at t...