Martial Arts
Vietnam's Karate Gold: What the '5-0' Scoreline Hides
Singapore's Bronze Through a Nagoya Window: The Medal That Doesn't Fit the Combat-Sports Scoreboard
From 42–41 to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze, the Korea Mirror, and Four Blank Columns
42–41 and 35–45: Inside Singapore's First Épée Team Bronze
5-0, 8.24, 8.54 — The Three Empty Boxes on Vietnam's Kata Gold Scoreboard
Vietnam's Karate Gold: What the '5-0' Scoreline HidesI didn't watch it live. A buffering stream at 3 a.m. in a small Nagoya...
5-0, 8.24, 8.54 — The Three Empty Boxes on Vietnam's Kata Gold ScoreboardHook: Five Judges, Fifteen Votes, Zero Dissent It was past midnight in Kuala...
The Sum Buried Under Four Medals: Vietnam's Sanda and the Semifinal WallSeptember 23, a quarter to ten at night. I was at a small restaurant in...
The Disappearance of PFL, The Rise of MVP MMA: Can Record Viewers Replace Sports Culture?Let me begin with a number: 69 days. About 69 days after the merger...
35–45 to Korea: The Ledger Underneath Singapore's First Asian Games Épée Team Medal42–41. One minute of overtime, a priority draw, and then a single touch....
Singapore's Bronze Through a Nagoya Window: The Medal That Doesn't Fit the Combat-Sports ScoreboardI did not watch it live. I sat in a Nagoya apartment at 3 a.m., one laptop ta...
42–41: The Bronze Bracket, a Ten-Touch Gap, and the Real Price of Singapore's Blade42–41: The Bronze Bracket, a Ten-Touch Gap, and the Real Price of Singapore's...
One Bronze, Three Questions: Reading the Ledger Inside Singapore’s First Asian Games Women’s Épée Team MedalI opened a notebook on a Dhaka desk at three in the morning, laptop streaming...
From 42–41 to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze, the Korea Mirror, and Four Blank ColumnsFrom 42–41 to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze, the Korea Mirror, and Four Blank...
42–41 and 35–45: Inside Singapore's First Épée Team BronzeI stopped the stream the moment the board read 42–41. In team épée the target...
42–41: One Overtime Touch and Singapore's First Team Épée MedalIt was nearly two in the morning. On the mewatch stream, the piste at Aichi S...
Singapore's First Team Épée Medal: The 42–41 Line Is More Geometry Than HeroismFreeze it. The last relay of the quarter-final against Uzbekistan, the...
5-0, 8.24, 8.54 — The Three Empty Boxes on Vietnam's Kata Gold ScoreboardHook: Five Judges, Fifteen Votes, Zero Dissent It was past midnight in Kuala...
The Sum Buried Under Four Medals: Vietnam's Sanda and the Semifinal WallSeptember 23, a quarter to ten at night. I was at a small restaurant in...
The Disappearance of PFL, The Rise of MVP MMA: Can Record Viewers Replace Sports Culture?Let me begin with a number: 69 days. About 69 days after the merger...
35–45 to Korea: The Ledger Underneath Singapore's First Asian Games Épée Team Medal42–41. One minute of overtime, a priority draw, and then a single touch....
Singapore's Bronze Through a Nagoya Window: The Medal That Doesn't Fit the Combat-Sports ScoreboardI did not watch it live. I sat in a Nagoya apartment at 3 a.m., one laptop ta...
42–41: The Bronze Bracket, a Ten-Touch Gap, and the Real Price of Singapore's Blade42–41: The Bronze Bracket, a Ten-Touch Gap, and the Real Price of Singapore's...
One Bronze, Three Questions: Reading the Ledger Inside Singapore’s First Asian Games Women’s Épée Team MedalI opened a notebook on a Dhaka desk at three in the morning, laptop streaming...
From 42–41 to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze, the Korea Mirror, and Four Blank ColumnsFrom 42–41 to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze, the Korea Mirror, and Four Blank...
42–41 and 35–45: Inside Singapore's First Épée Team BronzeI stopped the stream the moment the board read 42–41. In team épée the target...
42–41: One Overtime Touch and Singapore's First Team Épée MedalIt was nearly two in the morning. On the mewatch stream, the piste at Aichi S...
Singapore's First Team Épée Medal: The 42–41 Line Is More Geometry Than HeroismFreeze it. The last relay of the quarter-final against Uzbekistan, the...