Martial Arts
Leitai, Throws and a Monopoly: Vietnam vs China in the Sanda 56kg Final
The 56kg Leitai: China's Monopoly, Vietnam's Throw, and a Bangladeshi Carried Off on a Stretcher
9.703 and 9.710: The Twelve-Year Ledger That Balanced in Aichi-Nagoya
Four Bronzes in a Day: For Vietnam's Wushu, the Semifinal Is the Ceiling
The Semifinal Wall: Reading Vietnam's Sanda Bronze Ledger
Leitai, Throws and a Monopoly: Vietnam vs China in the Sanda 56kg FinalThirty-two seconds were left in the third round on a leitai in Macau. A...
The 56kg Leitai: China's Monopoly, Vietnam's Throw, and a Bangladeshi Carried Off on a StretcherI did not watch it live. This time, the excuse is weaker. For ten years I hav...
9.703 and 9.710: The Twelve-Year Ledger That Balanced in Aichi-NagoyaIt was 3:20 in the morning on a Dhaka rooftop, and the scoreboard was repeati...
Four Bronzes in a Day: For Vietnam's Wushu, the Semifinal Is the CeilingLei tai. A raised quadrilateral platform half a metre off the ground, no safe...
The Semifinal Wall: Reading Vietnam's Sanda Bronze LedgerThe Semifinal Wall: Reading Vietnam's Sanda Bronze Ledger I have spent twenty...
Ledger on the Leitai: Six Golds, One Thailand, and a Final Still Pending VerificationBusan, 2026. In the men's 56kg sanda final at the Asian Games, Thailand's...
The Gold Is Real, the Score Is a Guess: Vietnam's Karate Breakthrough, a Volatile Medal Table, and the Empty Room in Kata JudgingThe Score I Never Saw The story broke in Dhaka. I read it from a Nagoya...
Scorecards 50-45, 49-46, 49-47: What the Numbers Say — and Don't Say — About the UFC 331 Flyweight RematchForty-seven bouts went into the books over three days in 2026 at the Khulna...
The 0.007-Point Ledger: Why Vietnam's Blade Still Balances After Twelve Years9.703. Then 9.710. A 0.007-point gap—nothing at all on a judging sheet, and y...