Martial Arts
An Empty Chair Two Months In: Who Is Really Writing the Ledger Inside the PFL–MVP Merger?2026-09-27We reached the Al Quoz gym at about half past eleven at night. On the other...
The CEO's Chair Is Empty, the Scorecard Is Full: A Frame-by-Frame Replay of the PFL-MVP Merger2026-09-27July 30, 2026. PFL and MVP announced the completion of their merger. A few...
The 5-0 Illusion: Vietnam's Kata Gold and a Ranking Built on Paper Steps2026-09-26I walked off the print desk in 2026 toward fourteen freeze-frames and never...
A 5-0 Panel, a Swollen Knee and a Circle of Held Hands: Inside the Kata Gold at Asiad 202026-09-26Hook September 22, at the Asiad 20 karate venue. A few minutes before the...
Five-Zero: The Gold Medal Story Nobody Wrote on the Scoresheet2026-09-26I did not watch the final live. From a Nagoya apartment at three in the...
Martial ArtsThe CEO's Chair Is Empty, the Scorecard Is Full: A Frame-by-Frame Replay of the PFL-MVP MergerJuly 30, 2026. PFL and MVP announced the completion of their merger. A few...
Martial ArtsAn Empty Chair Two Months In: Who Is Really Writing the Ledger Inside the PFL–MVP Merger?We reached the Al Quoz gym at about half past eleven at night. On the other...
Martial ArtsThe 5-0 Illusion: Vietnam's Kata Gold and a Ranking Built on Paper StepsI walked off the print desk in 2026 toward fourteen freeze-frames and never...
Martial ArtsA 5-0 Panel, a Swollen Knee and a Circle of Held Hands: Inside the Kata Gold at Asiad 20Hook September 22, at the Asiad 20 karate venue. A few minutes before the...
Martial ArtsFive-Zero: The Gold Medal Story Nobody Wrote on the ScoresheetI did not watch the final live. From a Nagoya apartment at three in the...
Martial ArtsFive Kilos and Two Judges: Lo Thi Phung's Asian Games Medal Stopped Where the Real Arithmetic Was 49On the afternoon of September 20, I was watching the women's 54kg MMA...
Martial Arts5-0 Is Not a Knockout: Karate's Panel Vote, Vietnam's Pipeline and Bangladesh's Empty PageFive flags, and all five went the same way. In the kata team final at a...
Martial Arts42–41: The Ten-Touch Question Buried Inside Singapore's Team Épée BronzeAichi Sky Expo. The épée strip. Team quarter-final, final relay against...
Martial ArtsTeam Épée Bronze: A 45-Touch Game, the Arithmetic of 35–45, and One Wrong DrawerAt 2:47 a.m. Dhaka time the lights were off, the laptop threw a blue wash...