Martial Arts
The Medal Table Beyond the Inter-Services Meet: Bangladesh Karate Federation's Unpublished Ledger
After the Fifth Round: Barcelos, the Silence, and One Empty Column
Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze at the Asian Games and the Question Left by a 42–41 Scoreline
Épée in Nagoya: 42–41, Korea’s Ten Touches, and Bangladesh’s Arithmetic
42–41: One Overtime Touch and 35–45 — Where Singapore's Épée Bronze Ends and Korea Begins
Death in Lucha Libre: A 75-Year-Old Referee, Two Names for One Move, and What a Release Really MeansGerardo German Pineda. Inside the ring he was known as 'El Buho'; outside it ...
Pakistan's Wrestling: Surviving in the Mud Pit, Losing the Olympic DreamThe story born in mud and sweat rarely reaches the Olympic mat. I am writing...
A Rs30M Ask, a Rs0 Budget: Olympic Wrestling's Funding Crunch and Pakistan's Invisible LedgerHook: A Receipt from the Mud Pit In the mud pits of Punjab, two things appear...
Two Cruiserweight Belts on One Card: RAF Abu Dhabi's Real Risk Sits in the Contract, Not the MatThe fight sheet in front of me lists two cruiserweight titles on a single car...
The Ledger Outside the Ring: Why Bangladeshi Martial Arts Cannot Keep Its Own RecordMarch 2026. The last hour at the NSC Gymnasium in Dhaka. The men's kumite fin...
Empty Input, Zero Analysis: A Blockchain News Integrity TestLast week I opened a file from my studio in Incheon titled Stage-2 Deep...
The Medal Table Beyond the Inter-Services Meet: Bangladesh Karate Federation's Unpublished LedgerIn December 2026, I was not sitting in the gallery of Dhaka's NSC gymnasium. ...
Vietnam's Karate Gold: The Board Says 5-0, the Scoresheet Says NothingA line is underlined in my red notebook today: 5-0. Vietnam beat Iran in the...
After the Fifth Round: Barcelos, the Silence, and One Empty ColumnWhat happened after the referee waved off the main event in the fifth round i...
Épée Relay Structure and the 42-41 Overtime: Four Gates Behind Singapore's First Asian Games Bronze42–41. Few people stopped at that score. When Singapore's anchor Elle Koh's...
Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze at the Asian Games and the Question Left by a 42–41 ScorelineI live in Nagoya. The fencing venue for the Asian Games, Aichi Sky Expo, is a...
From 42–41 to 35–45: A Bronze in Épée and the Ten-Touch GapFrom 42–41 to 35–45: A Bronze in Épée and the Ten-Touch Gap For half a second...
Épée in Nagoya: 42–41, Korea’s Ten Touches, and Bangladesh’s ArithmeticI did not watch the touch live. I live in Nagoya. This edition of the Asian...
Singapore's Historic Épée Team Bronze: What the 42–41 Overtime Says About the CeilingI rewatched the moment until the crowd noise stopped mattering. 42-41. Elle...
42–41: One Overtime Touch and 35–45 — Where Singapore's Épée Bronze Ends and Korea BeginsThe electronic scoreboard on the Aichi Sky Expo piste sat frozen at 41–41. No...
42–41: The One Touch That Rewrote Singapore's Asian Games HistoryThere was no crowd, so there was nowhere to hide behind noise. Three a.m. in...