Martial Arts
Four Bronzes in a Day, One Final: Vietnam's Wushu Haul and the Quiet Machine of the Bracket
Two Teenagers on the Leitai and Seven Asiads: Can Anyone Break China's 56kg Sanda Monopoly?
Three Lessons from UFC 331: Pantoja's Leg, Gaethje's Age, Steveson's Twelve Seconds
Four Bronzes in One Day: Vietnam's Sanda Ceiling and Taolu's Separate Ledger
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in a Day, One Final: Vietnam's Wushu Haul and the Quiet Machine of the BracketSeptember 23, pre-dawn Japan time. I am in Nagoya with the stream running on ...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Day: Vietnam's Sanda Ceiling and Taolu's Separate LedgerFour names, one column. The column of losing semifinalists. From the sanda...
Martial Arts0.133 Points: Vietnam's Wushu Veteran and the Question Bangladesh Never AnsweredThree numbers. 19.546, 19.446, 19.413. Those are the scores that fixed gold,...
Martial ArtsTwo Teenagers on the Leitai and Seven Asiads: Can Anyone Break China's 56kg Sanda Monopoly?I have watched a great many knockouts over the past twenty years. But the sig...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Day, Three by Rule: Auditing Vietnam's Sanda Medal HaulThe Vietnamese-language report filed on September 23 carried a headline about...
Martial ArtsFlyweight's 26 Seconds and 72 Percent: The Gaps Inside the Van–Pantoja ReportThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a season I hadn't yet learned ...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: Vietnam's Wushu Team Secures Four Bronzes and a Guaranteed Silver — The Semifinal Ceiling and the China-Iran WallReturning from Nagoya, I recalled the 2026 NSC Gymnasium. Back then, the...
Martial ArtsThe Extra Round Ledger: What Lò Thị Phung Lost in Nagoya, and What Vietnam's MMA Still OwesNagoya, September 20, 2026. Downstairs in the hall they were stacking chairs...
Martial ArtsTwelve Seconds, One Kick-Catch and One Crown: What UFC 331 Actually Taught UsThere were fifty-three people in the room, and twenty seconds left in the fif...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Twelve Seconds, One Kick-Catch, and the Invoice for a Lightweight EraThe Twelve Seconds I Did Not See Live At twenty to three in the morning, on a...
Martial ArtsThree Lessons from UFC 331: Pantoja's Leg, Gaethje's Age, Steveson's Twelve SecondsPantoja lifted his right leg to kick. Van caught it — a half-second of work...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Day: Vietnam's Sanda Ceiling and Taolu's Separate LedgerFour names, one column. The column of losing semifinalists. From the sanda...
Martial Arts0.133 Points: Vietnam's Wushu Veteran and the Question Bangladesh Never AnsweredThree numbers. 19.546, 19.446, 19.413. Those are the scores that fixed gold,...
Martial ArtsTwo Teenagers on the Leitai and Seven Asiads: Can Anyone Break China's 56kg Sanda Monopoly?I have watched a great many knockouts over the past twenty years. But the sig...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Day, Three by Rule: Auditing Vietnam's Sanda Medal HaulThe Vietnamese-language report filed on September 23 carried a headline about...
Martial ArtsFlyweight's 26 Seconds and 72 Percent: The Gaps Inside the Van–Pantoja ReportThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a season I hadn't yet learned ...
Martial ArtsAsiad 20: Vietnam's Wushu Team Secures Four Bronzes and a Guaranteed Silver — The Semifinal Ceiling and the China-Iran WallReturning from Nagoya, I recalled the 2026 NSC Gymnasium. Back then, the...
Martial ArtsThe Extra Round Ledger: What Lò Thị Phung Lost in Nagoya, and What Vietnam's MMA Still OwesNagoya, September 20, 2026. Downstairs in the hall they were stacking chairs...
Martial ArtsTwelve Seconds, One Kick-Catch and One Crown: What UFC 331 Actually Taught UsThere were fifty-three people in the room, and twenty seconds left in the fif...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Twelve Seconds, One Kick-Catch, and the Invoice for a Lightweight EraThe Twelve Seconds I Did Not See Live At twenty to three in the morning, on a...
Martial ArtsThree Lessons from UFC 331: Pantoja's Leg, Gaethje's Age, Steveson's Twelve SecondsPantoja lifted his right leg to kick. Van caught it — a half-second of work...