Martial Arts
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
0.133 Points and Five Asiads: How Duong Thuy Vi's Wushu Taolu Bronze Exposed Vietnam's Succession Gap
Zero Point One Three Three: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze in Nagoya and Vietnam's Succession Arithmetic
From 9.703 to 9.710: Duong Thuy Vi's Four Asiads and Wushu Taolu's Unwritten Ledger
0.133 Points: Dương Thúy Vi, the Silent Arena, and the Politics of Taolu Arithmetic
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...