Martial Arts
Duong Thuy Vi at the 20th Asian Games: 0.133 Points, a Bronze, and Vietnam Wushu’s Succession Question
Undefeated at 16-0 Yet Cut by UFC: Farid Basharat and the Finish-Rate Equation
Vietnamese Martial Arts Lack Data: The Line Between Analysis and Fabrication
Asiad Diary: Three Mats Open on the Same Morning, and What a Timetable Cannot Say
Vietnamese Martial Arts After the ONE Championship Lights: One Night Is Not Enough to Build a System
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi at the 20th Asian Games: 0.133 Points, a Bronze, and Vietnam Wushu’s Succession QuestionDuong Thuy Vi walked out last. The arena lights in Japan were not harsh, but...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 11 Days, 13 Divisions and the Void Above 63.5 kgAt 5:20 a.m. on October 22, 2026, I stood in the corridor of a public-service...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop Rallies Past Liz Carmouche to Claim the Inaugural PFL Women's Flyweight CrownThe fifth round was past the four-minute mark when Jena Bishop was still on L...
Martial ArtsUndefeated at 16-0 Yet Cut by UFC: Farid Basharat and the Finish-Rate EquationInside the American Top Team gym in South Florida, Farid Basharat still train...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts Lack Data: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationIn July 2026, at an arena in District 7, I sat in the fourth row watching a...
Martial ArtsThe 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fall in Hidalgo: Decoding an Accident in Scripted WrestlingShortly after ten o'clock on the night of October 5, at the Sports and Cultur...
Martial ArtsPakistan wrestling between the mud pit and the Olympic mat: a 30-million-rupee ask, zero receivedIn a mud pit on the outskirts of Lahore, before the sky is fully light, the...
Martial ArtsBrendan Allen submits Christian Leroy Duncan at UFC: a win measured in control time, not punchesIn the fifth round, at the 22:46 mark, Brendan Allen slipped his arm under...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: When the Scorecard and the Body Tell Different StoriesIn the fourth minute of the fifth round, Brendan Allen slipped his arm throug...
Martial ArtsOlympic Wrestling's Funding Crisis: Pakistan Struggles Toward LA 2028 and the Lesson for Vietnamese SportIn rural Punjab, every afternoon people still crowd around mud pits to watch...
Martial ArtsZero Budget: Three Pakistani Wrestlers and the Narrow Road to the 2028 OlympicsThree names sit on the same provisional list: Inayatullah, Abdullah, Mohammad...
Martial ArtsOlympic Wrestling in Pakistan: Zero Budget and the Abandoned Road to LA 2028I stood at the edge of the wrestling mat at a small training center in Lahore...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in Round 5: A Control Victory That Hides a Striking FlawIn the 22nd minute of the main event, when Brendan Allen slid his arm under...
Martial ArtsThe Quarterfinal That Never Happened: 30 Minutes in a Sauna and the Weigh-In Loophole at the 2026 Asian GamesThirty minutes in a sauna. An Indian fighter collapsed before he could step...
Martial ArtsAsiad Diary: Three Mats Open on the Same Morning, and What a Timetable Cannot SayAt 6:40 a.m. on October 3, the back corridor of the martial arts hall smelled...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts After the ONE Championship Lights: One Night Is Not Enough to Build a SystemOn the night of September 6, 2026, Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City had no...
Martial ArtsChau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Unowned Virtual Taekwondo Medal at the 2026 Asian GamesOn the morning of October 2, 2026, at an arena inside the Asian Games complex...
Martial ArtsUFC 335: Pereira vs. Pavlovich — Two Heavy Hands and an Unanswered Question About Age 39That night in June, I sat in the eleventh row of an arena where the noise had...
Martial ArtsThe Ring and the Form: Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Problem of Naming ItselfOn a Saturday morning at a training hall in Binh Duong, I stood between two...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 11 Days, 13 Divisions and the Void Above 63.5 kgAt 5:20 a.m. on October 22, 2026, I stood in the corridor of a public-service...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop Rallies Past Liz Carmouche to Claim the Inaugural PFL Women's Flyweight CrownThe fifth round was past the four-minute mark when Jena Bishop was still on L...
Martial ArtsUndefeated at 16-0 Yet Cut by UFC: Farid Basharat and the Finish-Rate EquationInside the American Top Team gym in South Florida, Farid Basharat still train...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts Lack Data: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationIn July 2026, at an arena in District 7, I sat in the fourth row watching a...
Martial ArtsThe 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fall in Hidalgo: Decoding an Accident in Scripted WrestlingShortly after ten o'clock on the night of October 5, at the Sports and Cultur...
Martial ArtsPakistan wrestling between the mud pit and the Olympic mat: a 30-million-rupee ask, zero receivedIn a mud pit on the outskirts of Lahore, before the sky is fully light, the...
Martial ArtsBrendan Allen submits Christian Leroy Duncan at UFC: a win measured in control time, not punchesIn the fifth round, at the 22:46 mark, Brendan Allen slipped his arm under...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: When the Scorecard and the Body Tell Different StoriesIn the fourth minute of the fifth round, Brendan Allen slipped his arm throug...
Martial ArtsOlympic Wrestling's Funding Crisis: Pakistan Struggles Toward LA 2028 and the Lesson for Vietnamese SportIn rural Punjab, every afternoon people still crowd around mud pits to watch...
Martial ArtsZero Budget: Three Pakistani Wrestlers and the Narrow Road to the 2028 OlympicsThree names sit on the same provisional list: Inayatullah, Abdullah, Mohammad...
Martial ArtsOlympic Wrestling in Pakistan: Zero Budget and the Abandoned Road to LA 2028I stood at the edge of the wrestling mat at a small training center in Lahore...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in Round 5: A Control Victory That Hides a Striking FlawIn the 22nd minute of the main event, when Brendan Allen slid his arm under...
Martial ArtsThe Quarterfinal That Never Happened: 30 Minutes in a Sauna and the Weigh-In Loophole at the 2026 Asian GamesThirty minutes in a sauna. An Indian fighter collapsed before he could step...
Martial ArtsAsiad Diary: Three Mats Open on the Same Morning, and What a Timetable Cannot SayAt 6:40 a.m. on October 3, the back corridor of the martial arts hall smelled...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts After the ONE Championship Lights: One Night Is Not Enough to Build a SystemOn the night of September 6, 2026, Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City had no...
Martial ArtsChau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Unowned Virtual Taekwondo Medal at the 2026 Asian GamesOn the morning of October 2, 2026, at an arena inside the Asian Games complex...
Martial ArtsUFC 335: Pereira vs. Pavlovich — Two Heavy Hands and an Unanswered Question About Age 39That night in June, I sat in the eleventh row of an arena where the noise had...
Martial ArtsThe Ring and the Form: Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Problem of Naming ItselfOn a Saturday morning at a training hall in Binh Duong, I stood between two...
