Martial Arts
The Report With Eleven Empty Cells: Bangladesh's Unpublished Martial Arts Ledger2026-11-09Eleven o'clock at night in Mymensingh. A file is open on the laptop — dated,...
The Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso Ledger2026-11-06The Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso Ledger A Video,...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Games, but the Men's Draw Stops at 63.5 kg2026-10-20I counted the weight list before I read it. Vietnam's 2026 National Sports...
39, 0-1 and Five Rounds: Pereira's Third-Belt Chase Is Really a Risk-Management Product2026-10-17Three numbers went into my notebook the moment UFC 335's card was announced...
The Report With Eleven Empty Cells: Bangladesh's Unpublished Martial Arts LedgerEleven o'clock at night in Mymensingh. A file is open on the laptop — dated,...
The Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso LedgerThe Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso Ledger A Video,...
Vietnam's First Medal in Dakar: Le Hoang Takes Silver in TaijiquanVietnam has its first medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal...
No Sports Story Without Data: A Call for Stricter Verification in Combat Sports ReportingA sports report is not merely a collection of results and highlights. Before...
Four Karate Golds, One Empty Corridor: The Count Nobody Keeps in Bangladeshi Combat SportsOn 15 June 2026, Bangladesh made 264 in the Champions Trophy semi-final again...
Shaolin's 96,000 Yuan: Kung Fu's Market Price and South Asia's LedgerNinety-six thousand yuan. For one year. For one student. Last September, on t...
The Bout Sheet Nobody Kept: Bangladesh's Unwritten Martial-Arts LedgerThe Bout Sheet Nobody Kept National Karate Championship, 2026. NSC Gymnasium,...
Five Rounds in Sydney, Two Kinds of Risk: Inside the Salkilld–Saint Denis HeadlinerThe announcement reached the public as an executive's quote, not a reporter's...
Seven Sports Under One Label: Where Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Ledger Goes MissingA four-column analysis sheet landed on my desk last week — eight sections, ea...
The Fight Without a Scorecard: Bangladesh's Biggest Combat-Sports Gap Is DocumentationThe phone rang at four in the morning from Kathmandu. The karate events at th...
Thirteen Centimetres and a 3-5 Record: What Jimmie Rivera's Knockout Actually ProvedThree in the morning in a Colombo flat, two friends on the sofa, and a...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Games, but the Men's Draw Stops at 63.5 kgI counted the weight list before I read it. Vietnam's 2026 National Sports...
39, 0-1 and Five Rounds: Pereira's Third-Belt Chase Is Really a Risk-Management ProductThree numbers went into my notebook the moment UFC 335's card was announced...
Wushu's 9.703 in the Nagoya Fog: A Tie, a Bronze, and an Incomplete Score SheetI did not watch it live. I open almost every column with that sentence, and m...
After the Medal-Ceremony Lights Go Out: The Pipeline Ledger of Bangladesh's Combat SportsI have rewatched the karate final from the 2026 Dhaka South Asian Games more...
The Defeat Written on the Weigh-In Sheet: Korean Judo's 100 Grams and a Verdict Still PendingOne page of my ledger notebook holds a single number — 50.4. Not a knockout...
RAF Abu Dhabi: The Card Where Branding, Not Wrestling, Is the Main EventI didn't watch it live. By the time news of the Real American Freestyle (RAF)...
The Cream-Foundation General: The Warriors of Chinese History Who Wore MakeupA pale, polished face, bright red lips, no dust on the skin, armor gleaming....
A Ring With No Record: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Crisis Isn't MoneyA Ring With No Record: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Crisis Isn't Money I didn't...
Vietnam's Karate Gold: One Line on the Scoreboard, Three Gaps in the Medal TableSeptember 22, 2:20 pm. In Japan, one row of the Asian Games medal table jumpe...
A 5-0 Panel Vote, Zero Pathways: Vietnam's Karate Gold and Our Unfinished LedgerOn the scoreboard above the Toyohashi hall, five zeros were burning when the...
Reading 0.133 Points: Dương Thúy Vi, Vietnamese Wushu Taolu, and the Last Page of a LedgerThree Numbers at 3:40 A.M. On my desk in Dhaka the scoreboard had already...
The Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso LedgerThe Hidalgo Ring, a 75-Year-Old Referee, and the 585,525-Peso Ledger A Video,...
Vietnam's First Medal in Dakar: Le Hoang Takes Silver in TaijiquanVietnam has its first medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal...
No Sports Story Without Data: A Call for Stricter Verification in Combat Sports ReportingA sports report is not merely a collection of results and highlights. Before...
Four Karate Golds, One Empty Corridor: The Count Nobody Keeps in Bangladeshi Combat SportsOn 15 June 2026, Bangladesh made 264 in the Champions Trophy semi-final again...
Shaolin's 96,000 Yuan: Kung Fu's Market Price and South Asia's LedgerNinety-six thousand yuan. For one year. For one student. Last September, on t...
The Bout Sheet Nobody Kept: Bangladesh's Unwritten Martial-Arts LedgerThe Bout Sheet Nobody Kept National Karate Championship, 2026. NSC Gymnasium,...
Five Rounds in Sydney, Two Kinds of Risk: Inside the Salkilld–Saint Denis HeadlinerThe announcement reached the public as an executive's quote, not a reporter's...
Seven Sports Under One Label: Where Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Ledger Goes MissingA four-column analysis sheet landed on my desk last week — eight sections, ea...
The Fight Without a Scorecard: Bangladesh's Biggest Combat-Sports Gap Is DocumentationThe phone rang at four in the morning from Kathmandu. The karate events at th...
Thirteen Centimetres and a 3-5 Record: What Jimmie Rivera's Knockout Actually ProvedThree in the morning in a Colombo flat, two friends on the sofa, and a...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Games, but the Men's Draw Stops at 63.5 kgI counted the weight list before I read it. Vietnam's 2026 National Sports...
39, 0-1 and Five Rounds: Pereira's Third-Belt Chase Is Really a Risk-Management ProductThree numbers went into my notebook the moment UFC 335's card was announced...
Wushu's 9.703 in the Nagoya Fog: A Tie, a Bronze, and an Incomplete Score SheetI did not watch it live. I open almost every column with that sentence, and m...
After the Medal-Ceremony Lights Go Out: The Pipeline Ledger of Bangladesh's Combat SportsI have rewatched the karate final from the 2026 Dhaka South Asian Games more...
The Defeat Written on the Weigh-In Sheet: Korean Judo's 100 Grams and a Verdict Still PendingOne page of my ledger notebook holds a single number — 50.4. Not a knockout...
RAF Abu Dhabi: The Card Where Branding, Not Wrestling, Is the Main EventI didn't watch it live. By the time news of the Real American Freestyle (RAF)...
The Cream-Foundation General: The Warriors of Chinese History Who Wore MakeupA pale, polished face, bright red lips, no dust on the skin, armor gleaming....
A Ring With No Record: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Crisis Isn't MoneyA Ring With No Record: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Crisis Isn't Money I didn't...
Vietnam's Karate Gold: One Line on the Scoreboard, Three Gaps in the Medal TableSeptember 22, 2:20 pm. In Japan, one row of the Asian Games medal table jumpe...
A 5-0 Panel Vote, Zero Pathways: Vietnam's Karate Gold and Our Unfinished LedgerOn the scoreboard above the Toyohashi hall, five zeros were burning when the...
Reading 0.133 Points: Dương Thúy Vi, Vietnamese Wushu Taolu, and the Last Page of a LedgerThree Numbers at 3:40 A.M. On my desk in Dhaka the scoreboard had already...