Martial Arts
The Unwritten Boundary of Vietnamese Martial Arts: The Ring, the Forms, and Two Scorebooks2026-09-16Four in the afternoon at an arena by the sea, the mat crackled under bare fee...
The Empty Classification Label and the Cost of the Wrong Analytical Frame in Combat Sports2026-09-16Saturday night, third row of the press tribune in an Osaka arena. Three data...
Asiad 2026: Two Names Carry Vietnam's Entire Taekwondo Medal Thesis2026-09-17On September 28, 2026, Vietnam's taekwondo national team departs for South...
Reading Martial Arts with the Wrong Ruler: Why Taolu, Sanda, Boxing and MMA Need Four Separate Logics2026-09-17It happened on an October afternoon in Seoul. I was sitting in the small stud...
The Empty Record: Asian Martial Arts and the Numbers No One Verifies2026-09-17In August 2026, in a small newsroom in Incheon, I reopened the record sheet o...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Arenas: Heritage, Contracts, and the Stumbles That Never Left2026-09-17On a November night in 2026, at an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the drumbeats o...
Asiad 2026: Two Names Carry Vietnam's Entire Taekwondo Medal ThesisOn September 28, 2026, Vietnam's taekwondo national team departs for South...
Reading Martial Arts with the Wrong Ruler: Why Taolu, Sanda, Boxing and MMA Need Four Separate LogicsIt happened on an October afternoon in Seoul. I was sitting in the small stud...
The Empty Record: Asian Martial Arts and the Numbers No One VerifiesIn August 2026, in a small newsroom in Incheon, I reopened the record sheet o...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Arenas: Heritage, Contracts, and the Stumbles That Never LeftOn a November night in 2026, at an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the drumbeats o...
The V-League Injury Map: The Pain Nobody Sees and the Screening GapIn the 23rd minute, on 12 March 2026, during the V-League match between SHB D...
The Blank Line on the Weigh-In Sheet: Vietnam's Silent Season in Combat SportsThe Blank Line on the Weigh-In Sheet: Vietnam's Silent Season in Combat Sport...
The Unwritten Boundary of Vietnamese Martial Arts: The Ring, the Forms, and Two ScorebooksFour in the afternoon at an arena by the sea, the mat crackled under bare fee...
The Two-Month Ban and Inam Butt's Eyes: A Silver Medal That Cannot Tell Its Own StorySilver in the right hand, eye drops in the left A man steps off the mat. In h...
Four Rulers, One Trap: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Get Misread by the Record SheetTwo result sheets, taped barely two metres apart on the corridor wall of a Ha...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: When One Ruler Cannot Measure Many WorldsA July afternoon in Da Nang, where the heat of central Vietnam drives most...
42 Seconds in Shenzhen: Six Years Later, China Still Has Only One UFC ChampionOn August 31, 2026, at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. I was twenty...
The Empty Classification Label and the Cost of the Wrong Analytical Frame in Combat SportsSaturday night, third row of the press tribune in an Osaka arena. Three data...
One Season, Three Rulers: What Is Actually Measuring Vietnamese Martial Arts?Every annual season, the weigh-in room is where I learn the most about...
Inam Butt, a Late TUE and a Stripped Silver: Inside Pakistan Wrestling's Doping FileApril. On the sand mat of the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt walked off after t...
Three Scorecards, One Verdict: How MMA Scores What the Audience Never SeesOn December 10, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, three judges sat on thr...
Reading Martial Arts with the Wrong Ruler: Why Taolu, Sanda, Boxing and MMA Need Four Separate LogicsIt happened on an October afternoon in Seoul. I was sitting in the small stud...
The Empty Record: Asian Martial Arts and the Numbers No One VerifiesIn August 2026, in a small newsroom in Incheon, I reopened the record sheet o...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Arenas: Heritage, Contracts, and the Stumbles That Never LeftOn a November night in 2026, at an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the drumbeats o...
The V-League Injury Map: The Pain Nobody Sees and the Screening GapIn the 23rd minute, on 12 March 2026, during the V-League match between SHB D...
The Blank Line on the Weigh-In Sheet: Vietnam's Silent Season in Combat SportsThe Blank Line on the Weigh-In Sheet: Vietnam's Silent Season in Combat Sport...
The Unwritten Boundary of Vietnamese Martial Arts: The Ring, the Forms, and Two ScorebooksFour in the afternoon at an arena by the sea, the mat crackled under bare fee...
The Two-Month Ban and Inam Butt's Eyes: A Silver Medal That Cannot Tell Its Own StorySilver in the right hand, eye drops in the left A man steps off the mat. In h...
Four Rulers, One Trap: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Get Misread by the Record SheetTwo result sheets, taped barely two metres apart on the corridor wall of a Ha...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: When One Ruler Cannot Measure Many WorldsA July afternoon in Da Nang, where the heat of central Vietnam drives most...
42 Seconds in Shenzhen: Six Years Later, China Still Has Only One UFC ChampionOn August 31, 2026, at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. I was twenty...
The Empty Classification Label and the Cost of the Wrong Analytical Frame in Combat SportsSaturday night, third row of the press tribune in an Osaka arena. Three data...
One Season, Three Rulers: What Is Actually Measuring Vietnamese Martial Arts?Every annual season, the weigh-in room is where I learn the most about...
Inam Butt, a Late TUE and a Stripped Silver: Inside Pakistan Wrestling's Doping FileApril. On the sand mat of the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt walked off after t...
Three Scorecards, One Verdict: How MMA Scores What the Audience Never SeesOn December 10, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, three judges sat on thr...
