Martial Arts
The Empty Box Is Itself a Record: The Economics of Missing Data in Bangladesh's Combat Sports
5-0 Is Not a Knockout, It Is a Five-Judge Vote: Auditing the Ledger Behind Vietnam's Karate Gold
A 5-0 Is a Panel Vote, Not a Shutout: The Medal-Ledger Behind Vietnam's Karate Gold
After the Sword, the Spear: Duong Thuy Vi and Twelve Quiet Years at Aichi-Nagoya
The Empty Box Is Itself a Record: The Economics of Missing Data in Bangladesh's Combat SportsMarch 2026, the north gallery of the NSC Gymnasium. The fourth and final...
5-0 Is Not a Knockout, It Is a Five-Judge Vote: Auditing the Ledger Behind Vietnam's Karate GoldLate on a Thursday, on a plastic chair at a mamak stall in Bangsar, my phone...
A 5-0 Is a Panel Vote, Not a Shutout: The Medal-Ledger Behind Vietnam's Karate GoldI keep the first Deal Sheet in my head, written in a combat hall in Kuala...
After the Sword, the Spear: Duong Thuy Vi and Twelve Quiet Years at Aichi-NagoyaAfter the Sword, the Spear: Duong Thuy Vi and Twelve Quiet Years at...
UFC 331: Twelve Seconds, Twenty-Four Years, and the 'Greatest Lightweight Era' ClaimUFC 331: Twelve Seconds, Twenty-Four Years, and the 'Greatest Lightweight Era...
UFC 331 in Freeze-Frames: The Catch, the Twelve Seconds, and the Lightweight 'Greatest Era'UFC 331 in Freeze-Frames: The Catch, the Twelve Seconds, and the Lightweight...
Five Judges, Five-Zero: What Vietnam Did in Asian Games Kata — and the Pathway Bangladesh Still Hasn't BuiltThere was no argument on the scoreboard that day. Five judges, three matches,...
The 42–41 Touch: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap to KoreaAichi Sky Expo, Aichi-Nagoya. Women's team épée, quarter-final. The scoreboar...
From a 42-41 overtime to a 35-45 margin: Singapore's historic épée team bronze also reveals the gap to Asia's fencing eliteNews Block 1: Hook The moment that caught my eye was not the 42-41 scoreboard...
42–41: The Scoreline That Opened a Door in Asian Fencing — And the Map Where Bangladesh Has No Room for ItThe Aichi Sky Expo is a forty-minute train ride from my apartment in Nagoya. ...
The Ten-Touch Gap: Singapore's Épée Bronze and One Number That Wouldn't BalanceIt was four in the morning in Dhaka and I was sitting with a cup of tea. The...