Martial Arts
The Sleeping Giant in the Middle of the Rankings: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Rewrites the Game with Data
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Weight-Class Map Before the First Bell
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Divisions, a 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Behind the Ropes
The Map of 45 MMA Thrones: When Championships No Longer Speak the Same Language
Martial ArtsWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from an Empty Analysis in Combat SportsThere is a moment in this trade that I learned to recognise before it happens...
Martial ArtsWhen the Data Is Empty: Lessons from a Failed Martial Arts Analysis PipelineIn over thirty-seven years of watching training grounds and press rooms, I ha...
Martial Arts2026: When Vietnamese Sporting Results Lived Only in Coaches' NotebooksA mechanical stopwatch reads only to one tenth of a second. A school exercise...
Martial ArtsThe Sleeping Giant in the Middle of the Rankings: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Rewrites the Game with DataIn the last three national championship matches, a middleweight fighter threw...
Martial ArtsThe Las Vegas Death, the $382,928 Judgment, and the “Mogul” Label Wrapped Around a Filipino Boxing PromoterThe Man Who Lunged at the Gun A 45-year-old man lunged toward a gun. Friends...
Martial ArtsRodis, the Las Vegas Robbery and the $382,928 Labour Judgment Beneath the HeadlineThree men walked into a low-rise commercial building in Las Vegas, a property...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Weight-Class Map Before the First BellOn 22 October 2026, at 6 a.m., a gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City's public-servi...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Divisions, a 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Behind the RopesI was inside the gymnasium at 5:40 a.m. on 22 October 2026. Saigon was not ye...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Sub-45 kg GapAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the lights came on at the gymnasium of the ...
Martial ArtsThe Map of 45 MMA Thrones: When Championships No Longer Speak the Same LanguageIn my coded notebook there is a special page, ruled into a table from line 7 ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the World Silver: The Tatami Speaks Through the Breath After the WhistlePeople remember the Ippon kick. I remember the way the arena held its breath ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu: the world karate silver and the real test that sits in the weight classBefore the referee raised his hand, Cam Tu stood on the line, arms low, eyes...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu, the kumite silver and the -59kg problem: re-reading a 0-6 final through the rulebookThe bout sheet read 0-6. On the mat, there was not a single bruise worth...
Martial ArtsWhen the Data Is Empty: Lessons from a Failed Martial Arts Analysis PipelineIn over thirty-seven years of watching training grounds and press rooms, I ha...
Martial Arts2026: When Vietnamese Sporting Results Lived Only in Coaches' NotebooksA mechanical stopwatch reads only to one tenth of a second. A school exercise...
Martial ArtsThe Sleeping Giant in the Middle of the Rankings: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Rewrites the Game with DataIn the last three national championship matches, a middleweight fighter threw...
Martial ArtsThe Las Vegas Death, the $382,928 Judgment, and the “Mogul” Label Wrapped Around a Filipino Boxing PromoterThe Man Who Lunged at the Gun A 45-year-old man lunged toward a gun. Friends...
Martial ArtsRodis, the Las Vegas Robbery and the $382,928 Labour Judgment Beneath the HeadlineThree men walked into a low-rise commercial building in Las Vegas, a property...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Weight-Class Map Before the First BellOn 22 October 2026, at 6 a.m., a gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City's public-servi...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Divisions, a 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Behind the RopesI was inside the gymnasium at 5:40 a.m. on 22 October 2026. Saigon was not ye...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Sub-45 kg GapAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the lights came on at the gymnasium of the ...
Martial ArtsThe Map of 45 MMA Thrones: When Championships No Longer Speak the Same LanguageIn my coded notebook there is a special page, ruled into a table from line 7 ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the World Silver: The Tatami Speaks Through the Breath After the WhistlePeople remember the Ippon kick. I remember the way the arena held its breath ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu: the world karate silver and the real test that sits in the weight classBefore the referee raised his hand, Cam Tu stood on the line, arms low, eyes...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu, the kumite silver and the -59kg problem: re-reading a 0-6 final through the rulebookThe bout sheet read 0-6. On the mat, there was not a single bruise worth...