Martial Arts
One Label, Six Rulebooks: Why Vietnamese Sports Coverage Keeps Using the Wrong Tool for Martial Arts
VR Taekwondo and the Vietnamese Female Fighter's Mixed-Gender Asiad Medal Run
Darren Yap and Singapore's first poomsae medal: a national milestone at the edge of the medal tier
Raoni Barcelos and the Round-5 Knockout: When Bantamweight Shows No Mercy at 39
Raoni Barcelos: The Fifth Round, the Stretcher, and a Record That Needs Verification
Duong Thuy Vi and 0.133 Points at the Asian Games: A Bronze That Exposed Vietnamese Wushu's Succession Gap
Zhang Songxi: The Real Tailor Behind the Wuxia Character and the Two-Hundred-Year GapThe day I sat down with the stack of files on Zhang Songxi, what made me paus...
One Label, Six Rulebooks: Why Vietnamese Sports Coverage Keeps Using the Wrong Tool for Martial ArtsIn May 2026, in Phnom Penh, the SEA Games 32 scoreboard flashed a name: Kun...
Professional Martial Arts in Asia: Data, Injury and the Long Race Behind the Arena LightsAt a weigh-in in Bangkok, a young Vietnamese fighter stood still as the digit...
UFC 332 and the Record Nine First-Round Knockouts: A Brain-Injury Indictment Hidden Behind the SpotlightI rewatch the clip for the eleventh time. The clock on screen stops at 2:32 o...
UFC 335: Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich — The Final Gamble of a 39-Year-OldI remember the night I sat down to rewatch Alex Pereira's loss to Ciryl Gane...
Asiad 20 Diary: Vietnam's Combat-Sports Day and the Bracket-Survival ProblemAt 5:40 in the morning on October 3, 2026, in the athletes' village, I opened...
The Asiad Diary and Nine Names Without Data: When a Schedule Replaces AnalysisOn the competition schedule delivered to the newsroom desk on the morning of...
VR Taekwondo and the Vietnamese Female Fighter's Mixed-Gender Asiad Medal RunTwo seconds left in the third round, the display inside the Vietnamese...
The Data Gap in Combat Sports: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Analysis Is Starving for InformationLast Saturday night, I sat down to rewatch footage of a fight at a domestic...
Virtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian Games: Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang and an Event With No Incumbent LeaderOn the morning of October 2, at an arena in Japan, Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang stood...
Darren Yap's Poomsae Bronze: Unheard Applause on a Stage Without an AudienceI came here not to score, but to record those who scored. And sometimes, the...
1000 Health Points and a Discipline With No Memory: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang Steps Into Virtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian GamesOn the morning of October 2, a Vietnamese fighter will step onto a stage that...
Darren Yap and Singapore's first poomsae medal: a national milestone at the edge of the medal tierEvery season begins on a morning when no one is awake yet. Inside the poomsae...
Raoni Barcelos Leaves Hospital After Health Scare: Round Five, Age 39, and the Data Gap No News Report FillsIn my encoded notebook, every fight has a line reserved for the final round. ...
Barcelos Out of Hospital After Fifth-Round KO: The Heartbeat of a 39-Year-Old FighterI rewatched the footage at two in the morning, when Thu Dau Mot had turned of...
Raoni Barcelos and the Fifth Round: The Bill a 39-Year-Old Body Finally PaysRaoni Barcelos lay motionless on the octagon canvas as the fifth round ended....
Raoni Barcelos and the Round-5 Knockout: When Bantamweight Shows No Mercy at 39Three in the morning in Hai Phong, I rewound the stretcher clip of Raoni...
Nguyen Thi Tam Beats a World Champion: An Asiad Final Berth and the Question of What “World Champion” Really MeansThe Straight Punch On September 29, 2026, at Nishio Arena in Aichi Prefecture...
Duong Thuy Vi and the Last Slot: The 0.133 Points Between Bronze and Age 33In the seventh row of the arena, nobody was talking. On the mat, a young...
Raoni Barcelos Hospitalized After Round-5 TKO: The Final Heartbeat of a 39-Year-Old UFC VeteranAt two in the morning Tokyo time, I sat in front of the screen with my notebo...
Barcelos Collapses in Round Five: UFC and a Medical Problem Disguised as a Sporting OneRaoni Barcelos did not go down from a single clean hook. In the fifth round o...
Raoni Barcelos: The Fifth Round, the Stretcher, and a Record That Needs VerificationRaoni Barcelos: The Fifth Round, the Stretcher, and a Record That Needs...
The Stretcher Leaving the Las Vegas Cage: Raoni Barcelos, a Promise to the Fans, and the Question Medicine Has Not AnsweredWhen the stretcher slid past the edge of the cage, Raoni Barcelos was still...
Read the Contract, Not the Rumor: A Data Filter for the Transfer WindowAt ten in the evening on 14 July, an office in London stayed lit. A...
Asian Games 2026: Vietnam's Real Taekwondo Door Is Not PoomsaeIn one month of virtual taekwondo training, Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang lost 5kg. Sh...