Martial Arts
Inam Butt's Doping Case: ITA Accepts Eye-Treatment Explanation, a Short Ban and a Silver Medal That May Be Stripped
The Wrong Framework: Why Vietnam's Martial Arts Media Is Misreading Its Own Sport
Vietnam's Poomsae Gold at Chuncheon 2026: A Medal Built on One Name and an Unspoken Void
Poomsae Chuncheon 2026: Vietnam's Gold and the Void Named Korea
Vietnam's Poomsae Gold at Chuncheon 2026: A Medal Built on One Name and an Unspoken VoidThe night of the mixed-pair standard poomsae final in the U50 age division at...
Poomsae Chuncheon 2026: Vietnam's Gold and the Void Named KoreaI arrived in Chuncheon on a late-autumn afternoon, when mountain mist still...
Chuncheon 2026: Vietnam's Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold and the Arithmetic of Replacing Half a Line-UpI sat in the third row of the Chuncheon arena, where every time a pair of...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: The Medal Rests on Two Women's ShouldersHook "There will definitely be medals." Four short words from head coach Kim...
The Rulebook Writes Itself on the Body: Decoding Injury in Professional Combat SportsInside an arena in Incheon on the night of April 12, 2026, I sat in the seven...
One Word, Three Rulebooks: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Coverage Picks the Wrong FrameworkOn the fourth night of a SEA Games, I sat in the fourth row of the technical...
Vietnamese Martial Arts in 2026: Score Sheets and a Data VoidEvery season begins on a morning when nobody is awake yet. For Vietnamese...
A Blank Record Is Not a Clean Record: Lessons From Unverifiable Fight RecordsIn my tracking notebook, page 47 carries a line struck through in red ink. Th...
Inam Butt's Doping Case: ITA Accepts Eye-Treatment Explanation, a Short Ban and a Silver Medal That May Be StrippedOn April 12, at the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt stepped onto the podium to...
The Wrong Framework: Why Vietnam's Martial Arts Media Is Misreading Its Own SportThat day I was sitting in the commentary booth for a wushu taolu competition....
Four-Ounce Gloves Are Rewriting the Hierarchy of Muay Thai StylesThe morning at the PK Saenchai camp begins with breathing. A young fighter...
The Wrong Analytical Frame: The Root Error That Renders Every Combat Sports Number MeaninglessA press room in Guangzhou, three days before a major combat sports event. An...
Poomsae Chuncheon 2026: Vietnam's Gold and the Void Named KoreaI arrived in Chuncheon on a late-autumn afternoon, when mountain mist still...
Chuncheon 2026: Vietnam's Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold and the Arithmetic of Replacing Half a Line-UpI sat in the third row of the Chuncheon arena, where every time a pair of...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: The Medal Rests on Two Women's ShouldersHook "There will definitely be medals." Four short words from head coach Kim...
The Rulebook Writes Itself on the Body: Decoding Injury in Professional Combat SportsInside an arena in Incheon on the night of April 12, 2026, I sat in the seven...
One Word, Three Rulebooks: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Coverage Picks the Wrong FrameworkOn the fourth night of a SEA Games, I sat in the fourth row of the technical...
Vietnamese Martial Arts in 2026: Score Sheets and a Data VoidEvery season begins on a morning when nobody is awake yet. For Vietnamese...
A Blank Record Is Not a Clean Record: Lessons From Unverifiable Fight RecordsIn my tracking notebook, page 47 carries a line struck through in red ink. Th...
Inam Butt's Doping Case: ITA Accepts Eye-Treatment Explanation, a Short Ban and a Silver Medal That May Be StrippedOn April 12, at the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt stepped onto the podium to...
The Wrong Framework: Why Vietnam's Martial Arts Media Is Misreading Its Own SportThat day I was sitting in the commentary booth for a wushu taolu competition....
Four-Ounce Gloves Are Rewriting the Hierarchy of Muay Thai StylesThe morning at the PK Saenchai camp begins with breathing. A young fighter...
The Wrong Analytical Frame: The Root Error That Renders Every Combat Sports Number MeaninglessA press room in Guangzhou, three days before a major combat sports event. An...