Martial Arts
Martial ArtsSauna, Fasting and an Unconscious Body: The Red Ink in the Weight-Cut Ledger at Asian Games 20262026-09-26The door of the sauna room was pushed open by a Nepali athlete. It was a litt...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's Bronze and the Column That Still Won't Balance2026-09-26The Line That Doesn't Balance On the board: 42–41. Team epee goes to 45 touch...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Team Épée Medal and the Limits of My Own Beat2026-09-27I didn't watch the match live. When the women's team épée quarter-final betwe...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Boxes Are the Real Story: Bangladeshi Combat Sports and the Unwritten Record2026-09-27The Empty Boxes Are the Real Story In the indoor hall of the Khulna District...
Martial ArtsThirty Minutes in the Sauna: What a Weight Cut Cost at Asiad 20262026-09-26The most consequential event of the 2026 Asian Games happened in a room with ...
42–41: Singapore's First Team Épée Medal and the Limits of My Own BeatI didn't watch the match live. When the women's team épée quarter-final betwe...
The Empty Boxes Are the Real Story: Bangladeshi Combat Sports and the Unwritten RecordThe Empty Boxes Are the Real Story In the indoor hall of the Khulna District...
Sauna, Fasting and an Unconscious Body: The Red Ink in the Weight-Cut Ledger at Asian Games 2026The door of the sauna room was pushed open by a Nepali athlete. It was a litt...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: What a Weight Cut Cost at Asiad 2026The most consequential event of the 2026 Asian Games happened in a room with ...
Four Bronzes in a Day, But the Ceiling Stays at the Semifinal: Vietnam's Wushu Bracket MathHook: In 2026, calling fourteen rounds of Bangladesh's first professional...
A 0–5, a 5–0, and the Real Price of Vietnam's Two Bronzes at Asiad 20The Last Hour of a Hall in Nagoya Late September, an indoor arena in Nagoya....
Sword Bronze, Karate Gold: The Ladder Singapore Built and the Warehouse Bangladesh CountedIn June 2026, on my Rajshahi rooftop, I stopped mid-arithmetic and just stare...
42–41: Singapore's Bronze and the Column That Still Won't BalanceThe Line That Doesn't Balance On the board: 42–41. Team epee goes to 45 touch...
42–41, Then 35–45: Reading the Ledger of Singapore's First Épée Team MedalNo weigh-in, no blood — but there is still a ledger The hall at Aichi Sky Exp...
42–41 and Korea's 35–45: What Singapore's Épée Bronze Proves—and What It Doesn'tOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. I still...