Martial Arts
Empty Cells, Full Notebook: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Records and the Blockchain Ledger
Entering the Era of MVP MMA: PFL CEO Exit, Netflix Record, and Where American MMA Surrenders to Entertainment
Buakaw at 44, Meng at 29: Why a 15-Year Gap Disappeared Inside the Ropes
Asiad 20: Vietnam's Sanda Bronze Rain, But Is the Semifinal a Permanent Ceiling?
From Incheon Gold to Nagoya Bronze: Duong Thuy Vi and the Arithmetic of a Taolu Pipeline
The Frame After the Stretcher: Vietnam vs China on the 56kg Leitai
Empty Cells, Full Notebook: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Records and the Blockchain LedgerI opened a file. Eight columns, and in every slot the same sentence —...
The Ledger of Silence: In Combat Sports, the Empty Columns Are the Real StoryThe Ledger of Silence: In Combat Sports, the Empty Columns Are the Real Story...
Who Owns the Ring? The Silence After the Medal and South Asia's Invisible Coaching PipelineI counted forty-six days in the gymnasium, and the beat counted me back. The...
Entering the Era of MVP MMA: PFL CEO Exit, Netflix Record, and Where American MMA Surrenders to EntertainmentOn July 30, 2026, PFL (Professional Fighters League) and MVP (Most Valuable...
Buakaw at 44, Meng at 29: Why a 15-Year Gap Disappeared Inside the RopesForty-four and twenty-nine. Fifteen years in between. Inside the ropes at Max...
Twelve Thousand Screens, Forty Chairs: Who Is Actually Fighting the War from the Dhaka Ring to the Dubai Fan Zone?He is a British Bangladeshi, a ring person, fighting on a Bangladesh Police I...
Four Karate Golds, Zero Pathways: The Ledger That Hasn't Balanced in Sixteen YearsIt was June 2026. I was sitting on a Rajshahi rooftop with a calculator and a...
The 0.05 of Nagoya: Darren Yap's Poomsae Bronze and the Quiet Tempo Behind Singapore's First Taekwondo MedalThree seconds of silence passed before the number lit up. On the poomsae mat ...
Empty Stage, Full Potential: Blockchain's Light in the Data Darkness of Martial ArtsIn March 2026, a federation official asked me in the NSC gymnasium hall, 'Are...
Asiad 20: Vietnam's Sanda Bronze Rain, But Is the Semifinal a Permanent Ceiling?Hook On the afternoon of September 23, four bronze medals landed on Vietnam's...
A Main Event Carried Out on a Stretcher: The Gap Between Barcelos's 'Doing Great' and the Commission's SilenceA Plastic Tray, and the Wheels of a Stretcher March 2026. The NSC Gymnasium i...
Same Cropped Hair, Two Generations: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold and Our Empty LedgerThe three Vietnamese karate athletes wear their hair cropped short — almost...
Zero Point One Three Three: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze in Nagoya and Vietnam's Succession ArithmeticThe air conditioning in the Nagoya indoor hall was cold enough that sitting...
From 9.703 to 9.710: Duong Thuy Vi's Four Asiads and Wushu Taolu's Unwritten LedgerCounting seconds from a Rajshahi rooftop is an old habit of mine. In June 202...
From Incheon Gold to Nagoya Bronze: Duong Thuy Vi and the Arithmetic of a Taolu PipelineSeptember 2026, Incheon. Between hosting shifts on the Asian Games athletics...
The Frame After the Stretcher: Vietnam vs China on the 56kg LeitaiI ran that clip seven times, slowing it each pass and cutting the sound, unti...
0.133 Points: Dương Thúy Vi, the Silent Arena, and the Politics of Taolu ArithmeticI went to the Karama fan zone for the match and left with the crowd. Summer...
Five Judges, Fifteen Cards, One Empty Room: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold and the Numbers the Coverage Left OutThe final's score line stopped my hand for a second as I wrote it into the...
Five Judges, Three Matches, One Team: The Detail Lost Inside Vietnam's Team Kata GoldKata Has No Applause It was 11:40 pm in a Colombo flat, the fan turning, rain...
0.133 Points and Five Asiads: How Duong Thuy Vi's Wushu Taolu Bronze Exposed Vietnam's Succession GapI did not see it live. There was no wushu taolu ticket in my hand — only a...
The Torn Ledger: Seven Missing Blocks and the Silent Downbeat of South Asian Combat Records5:32 a.m., Osaka. Outside the window the Yodo is still dark. On the desk, one...
5-0, 5-0, Then Iran: Vietnam's Karate Gold Is More Receipt Than StoryThe scoreboard read 5-0. Twice. In the quarterfinal against Nepal, with the...