Martial Arts
The Death of Referee 'El Búho' in Hidalgo: The Martinete-Contralona Dispute and the Void Beneath Unlicensed Rings
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions and a Hard Ceiling at 63.5 kg
Vietnam's ASIAD karate gold: from 25th to 12th, and a scorecard nobody has read
Asiad 20: Three Women, Five Flags, and the Uncontested Team Kata Gold
Women's team kata gold at Asiad 20: The short bob, the mushin rhythm, and Vietnamese karate's generational relay
Martial ArtsThe Empty Fight File: Why Vietnamese Combat-Sports Journalism Needs a Verification Gate Before a HeadlineAt eight in the evening on a Thursday, the only thing left open on my desk in...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Combat Sports Lack a Data Foundation: Why Medals Alone Cannot Define a FighterThe final bout ended at 22:07, inside a borrowed arena on the outskirts of Ho...
Martial ArtsBrawl at RAF press conference: Tsarukyan, Danis and an overhyped matchupWhen Dillon Danis pulled on a shirt carrying a taunt aimed at Khamzat Chimaev...
Martial ArtsOnly One of Three Names Was Corrected: A Lesson on Evidence Standards for Vietnamese FootballIn October 2026, at Mount Hua, a group of Taoists from Shaanxi blocked a...
Martial ArtsThe Death of a Small Boxing Promoter in Las Vegas and the Buried Labor JudgmentIn Las Vegas, a 45-year-old man stepped out of a commercial strip housing a...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera stops Meyer at BKFC 95: thirteen centimetres, seven minutes and a two-tier class gapAt the 46th second of the fourth round, Meyer lay face down on the canvas at...
Martial ArtsBKFC 95: Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of round four, and 13cm of height saved nobodyPrudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. The round-four clock stopped at 0:46....
Martial ArtsThe Death of Referee 'El Búho' in Hidalgo: The Martinete-Contralona Dispute and the Void Beneath Unlicensed RingsTwo in the morning in Da Nang, and I keep rewinding the clip the Mexican pres...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions and a Hard Ceiling at 63.5 kgThe competition schedule in my hands lists Muay's first day of competition as...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and an Unwritten Weigh-In ProtocolOn the schedule board mounted in the gymnasium corridor, two lines held me...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: what the 63.5 kg ceiling says about Vietnam's talent pipelineOn October 20, on the glass partition of the registration desk inside the...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading 13 Weight Divisions to See the Depth of a SquadOn the morning of October 22, 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, the first discipline...
Martial ArtsMuay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 weight classes and the blank cells in the rulebookIn the file I carried back from Chiang Mai, the Muay competition schedule for...
Martial ArtsVietnam's ASIAD karate gold: from 25th to 12th, and a scorecard nobody has readOn the tatami, three Vietnamese names stood in a line: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram,...
Martial ArtsThe Clinch Vanishes From Lumpinee: The Price of the Four-Ounce EraAt the B corner of the Lumpinee stands, the clearest sound in a round is...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: Three Women, Five Flags, and the Uncontested Team Kata GoldThe fifth judge raised the flag. There was no immediate roar, only a short...
Martial ArtsA 75-Year-Old Referee Died in Hidalgo: The Dispute Over a Single Move and the Void No One Wants to FaceI learned how to listen to silence in 2026, when the pandemic wiped out every...
Martial ArtsA 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fatal Fall: When the Lucha Libre Ring Has No LicenseA 75-year-old man lies motionless on the mat in Mineral de la Reforma, in the...
Martial ArtsWomen's team kata gold at Asiad 20: The short bob, the mushin rhythm, and Vietnamese karate's generational relayThree seconds before the first kiai rang out on the tatami in Aichi-Nagoya,...
Martial ArtsThe bout of stumbles: Tsarukyan and the back equation before knockout storm Ruffy at UFC 331Crypto.com Arena went dark. Fourteen thousand spectators held their breath as...
Martial ArtsSingapore women's epee team secures historic Asian Games bronze: a heel-planted rhythm on the stripElle Koh did not scream when the referee confirmed the 42-41 win. She lifted...
Martial ArtsVietnam women's kata defends Asian Games gold in Japan: inside the 5-0 verdict and two bronzesI remember the exact moment when five judges' flags dropped toward the same...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 bronze: The 0.133-point race and Vietnamese wushu's generational questionDuong Thuy Vi stepped onto the mat when the arena had almost fallen silent. S...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Combat Sports Lack a Data Foundation: Why Medals Alone Cannot Define a FighterThe final bout ended at 22:07, inside a borrowed arena on the outskirts of Ho...
Martial ArtsBrawl at RAF press conference: Tsarukyan, Danis and an overhyped matchupWhen Dillon Danis pulled on a shirt carrying a taunt aimed at Khamzat Chimaev...
Martial ArtsOnly One of Three Names Was Corrected: A Lesson on Evidence Standards for Vietnamese FootballIn October 2026, at Mount Hua, a group of Taoists from Shaanxi blocked a...
Martial ArtsThe Death of a Small Boxing Promoter in Las Vegas and the Buried Labor JudgmentIn Las Vegas, a 45-year-old man stepped out of a commercial strip housing a...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera stops Meyer at BKFC 95: thirteen centimetres, seven minutes and a two-tier class gapAt the 46th second of the fourth round, Meyer lay face down on the canvas at...
Martial ArtsBKFC 95: Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of round four, and 13cm of height saved nobodyPrudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. The round-four clock stopped at 0:46....
Martial ArtsThe Death of Referee 'El Búho' in Hidalgo: The Martinete-Contralona Dispute and the Void Beneath Unlicensed RingsTwo in the morning in Da Nang, and I keep rewinding the clip the Mexican pres...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions and a Hard Ceiling at 63.5 kgThe competition schedule in my hands lists Muay's first day of competition as...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and an Unwritten Weigh-In ProtocolOn the schedule board mounted in the gymnasium corridor, two lines held me...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: what the 63.5 kg ceiling says about Vietnam's talent pipelineOn October 20, on the glass partition of the registration desk inside the...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading 13 Weight Divisions to See the Depth of a SquadOn the morning of October 22, 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, the first discipline...
Martial ArtsMuay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 weight classes and the blank cells in the rulebookIn the file I carried back from Chiang Mai, the Muay competition schedule for...
Martial ArtsVietnam's ASIAD karate gold: from 25th to 12th, and a scorecard nobody has readOn the tatami, three Vietnamese names stood in a line: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram,...
Martial ArtsThe Clinch Vanishes From Lumpinee: The Price of the Four-Ounce EraAt the B corner of the Lumpinee stands, the clearest sound in a round is...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: Three Women, Five Flags, and the Uncontested Team Kata GoldThe fifth judge raised the flag. There was no immediate roar, only a short...
Martial ArtsA 75-Year-Old Referee Died in Hidalgo: The Dispute Over a Single Move and the Void No One Wants to FaceI learned how to listen to silence in 2026, when the pandemic wiped out every...
Martial ArtsA 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fatal Fall: When the Lucha Libre Ring Has No LicenseA 75-year-old man lies motionless on the mat in Mineral de la Reforma, in the...
Martial ArtsWomen's team kata gold at Asiad 20: The short bob, the mushin rhythm, and Vietnamese karate's generational relayThree seconds before the first kiai rang out on the tatami in Aichi-Nagoya,...
Martial ArtsThe bout of stumbles: Tsarukyan and the back equation before knockout storm Ruffy at UFC 331Crypto.com Arena went dark. Fourteen thousand spectators held their breath as...
Martial ArtsSingapore women's epee team secures historic Asian Games bronze: a heel-planted rhythm on the stripElle Koh did not scream when the referee confirmed the 42-41 win. She lifted...
Martial ArtsVietnam women's kata defends Asian Games gold in Japan: inside the 5-0 verdict and two bronzesI remember the exact moment when five judges' flags dropped toward the same...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 bronze: The 0.133-point race and Vietnamese wushu's generational questionDuong Thuy Vi stepped onto the mat when the arena had almost fallen silent. S...
