Martial Arts
Vietnam's First Medal at Asiad 20 in Teqball, Bui Ngoc Nhi Takes Karate Kata Bronze
Van vs Pantoja Rematch: A 72% Takedown Defense and the Ledger of a Sourceless Result
Short Hair, Big Ledger: How Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Landed Twice on One Balance Sheet
Vietnam's Four Bronzes: What the Bracket Built, What Dinh Van Tam Earned
Van vs Pantoja Rematch: A 72% Takedown Defense and the Ledger of a Sourceless ResultIt was 2:40 in the morning. I was on my balcony in Chattogram reading a fight...
Short Hair, Big Ledger: How Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Landed Twice on One Balance SheetTwo-Thirds Out, The Medal Stays In Two-thirds of the squad changed. The head...
Vietnam's Four Bronzes: What the Bracket Built, What Dinh Van Tam EarnedThe story broke on a Dhaka desk. I watched it from a small flat in Nagoya, at...
A Tie, a Bronze, and Twelve Years of ArithmeticTwo names sat side by side on the scoreboard, and underneath them was the sam...
Vietnam's First Gold: The Kata Scoresheet and the Arithmetic of the Medal TableSeptember 22, 2:20 p.m. On a scoreboard in a Japanese hall a number went up:...
5-0: One Kata Final, One Swollen Knee, and the Arithmetic of 1.2 Billion DongSeptember 22, 2026. The karate team kata final of the Asian Games. Five judge...
A Panel Vote in Kata, a Quiet Bronze in Kumite: Reading Vietnam's Karate Season on Japanese MatsAn hour after the kata final at the Toyohashi venue, the stacks of folded...
ASIAD 2026: Vietnam's First Gold in Team Kata — and the Ledger Nobody BalancedSeptember 22, midday. I am sitting at a table in the small room beside the NS...
Vietnam's First ASIAD Gold: The Silent Revolution of Karate Kata Forms and Rise to Southeast Asian Podium SummitVietnam's women's team kata at the Hangzhou-based karate kata competition...
Vietnam's First Medal at Asiad 20 in Teqball, Bui Ngoc Nhi Takes Karate Kata BronzeVietnam's medal account at Asiad 20 opened with a new sport — teqball. In the...
Two Months, One Empty Chair: What the PFL–MVP Merger Ledger Doesn't SayThe announcement landed on July 30. Nearly two months later, the chair was...
42–41 and 35–45: Why Singapore's Épée Bronze Is a Staircase, Not a SummitA single épée touch ended 42–41 in overtime and put Singapore's women's épée...