Martial Arts
The Tag Arrived, the Text Didn't: Martial Arts Reporting's Empty Archive
Importing MMA Stars onto the Wrestling Mat: The RAF Abu Dhabi Ledger and the Rows Left Blank
The 42–41 Discrepancy: Where the Scoreboard and the Rulebook Part Ways at the Asian Games Fencing
The Leitai Ledger: What the 56kg Sanda Final Is Really Betting On
Zero Point One Three Three: The Last Step of a Long Vietnamese Journey on the Wushu Floor
Nagoya 2026: A Twelve-Year Bronze Between 9.703 and 9.710
Martial Arts18.692: One Silver Where Vietnam's Sporting Ledger Went SilentI don't know Dakar, but I know the number 18.692. One night, one scoreboard,...
Martial ArtsMartial Arts: Discipline, Technique and Its Place in Modern SportThe word martial arts often brings to mind self-defence, breaking bricks or...
Martial ArtsThe Tag Arrived, the Text Didn't: Martial Arts Reporting's Empty ArchiveMarch 2026, the last evening of the national karate championship at the NSC...
Martial ArtsThe Fight of the Empty Notebook: The Data Crisis in Bangladesh's Combat-Sports CoverageThe Fight of the Empty Notebook: The Data Crisis in Bangladesh's Combat-Sport...
Martial ArtsAn Unpermitted Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee and a Disputed Move: The Safety Failure of Mexican Lucha LibreI love watching the last hour of a ring. Chairs being stacked, referees...
Martial ArtsThe Foundation-Faced General: Mirrors, Swords and an Unfinished Reckoning from China's Six DynastiesOn a hot afternoon, a general sat down before a bowl of hot noodles. As he at...
Martial ArtsImporting MMA Stars onto the Wrestling Mat: The RAF Abu Dhabi Ledger and the Rows Left BlankImporting MMA Stars onto the Wrestling Mat: The RAF Abu Dhabi Ledger and the...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Shell: Martial Arts' Lost Archive, the Silence of Data, and the Blockchain LedgerThe analysis report that landed in my hands came back empty. No title, no...
Martial ArtsThe Sound of an Empty Gymnasium: Services-Team Dominance and the Missing Professional Pathway in Bangladesh's Combat SportsMay 2026, Dhaka. "The Ultimate Glory" — Bangladesh's first major professional...
Martial ArtsThe Gap Between Medal and Purse: Combat Sports' Unwritten LedgerIn November 2026, Dhaka's first professional boxing card had no championship...
Martial ArtsBuakaw's Decision Win at 44: Why 29-Year-Old Meng Hit the Same Wall TwiceOne frame from that night at Chonburi's Max Muay Thai Stadium I kept stopping...
Martial ArtsThe Result Sheet Nobody Printed: Bangladesh's Unpublished Martial-Arts LedgerThe fluorescent lights above the NSC gymnasium had not yet gone out at 10:30...
Martial ArtsThe Analysis That Was Never Written: Eight Empty Columns and the Unpublished Ledger of Martial ArtsMy laptop was open on the table in Mymensingh, and after eleven at night I...
Martial ArtsGold on the Kata Table, a Question on the Score Sheet: Inside Vietnam's ASIAD LeapOn 22 September, 2:20 p.m., the stream was running, the red notebook open....
Martial ArtsThe 42–41 Discrepancy: Where the Scoreboard and the Rulebook Part Ways at the Asian Games FencingHook My flat in Nagoya is twenty minutes by metro from the Aichi Sky Expo....
Martial ArtsThe Scoreboard Says 5-0, the Rulebook Says Something Else: A Frame-by-Frame Reading of Vietnam's Karate Gold at the Japan AsiadI rewatched the moment until the crowd noise stopped mattering. In the...
Martial ArtsThe Leitai Ledger: What the 56kg Sanda Final Is Really Betting OnThe Leitai Ledger: What the 56kg Sanda Final Is Really Betting On The first...
Martial ArtsZero Point One Three Three: The Last Step of a Long Vietnamese Journey on the Wushu FloorThe 4 a.m. alarm went off and I picked up the phone. On a balcony in Khulna, ...
Martial ArtsGeometry of the Leitai: Vietnam's Throw at 56kg and the Arithmetic of China's FistThe leitai measures eight metres by eight, and it stands eighty centimetres...