Martial Arts
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...
Martial ArtsNagoya 2026: A Twelve-Year Bronze Between 9.703 and 9.710The crowd wasn't beside the mat. It was beside the screen. On Sunday night, a...
Martial ArtsEighty Centimetres of Leitai: Can Vietnam Break China's Wall at Sanda's 56kg?Hook: The Half-Second That Turns a Round There was no clock in that Macau...
Martial ArtsTeqball's Debut Medal Isn't the Real Story; the Kata Replay Is: Vietnam's Two Asiad 20 Bronzes Through a Referee's EyeScoreboard: 2-0. The teqball table in Nagoya froze as Vietnam sealed its firs...
Martial ArtsEmpty Input, Invisible Fighters: Why Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Ledger Stays in DebtIt is one in the morning in a six-man flat in Cheras. On the table lies a...
Martial ArtsThe Rhythm of the Leitai: Six Golds Cast a Shadow Over the Vietnam vs China 56kg FinalThe Rhythm of the Leitai: Six Golds Cast a Shadow Over the Vietnam vs China...
Martial ArtsTwo Golds, Two Weights: Vietnam's Women's Team Kata and the Stage That May EmptyHook: The Hair Registers First; the Arithmetic Arrives Later At the Hangzhou...
Martial ArtsThe Leitai Ledger: China's Monopoly and Vietnam's Throw at 56kgEarly in the second round. Not a slow-motion replay — live. In the Asian Game...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes, One Silver and a Semifinal Ceiling: Reading Vietnam's True Position in the Asian Games Sanda LedgerOn the night of September 23, with the result sheet in my hand, the first thi...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in a Day: Vietnam's Sanda Wall Still Stands at China and IranTwo in the morning in a Dhaka flat. An open notebook beside the laptop, a pen...