Martial Arts
One Label, Three Yardsticks: Where Vietnamese Sports Media Misreads Martial Arts
Tran Thi Cam Tu: a world silver at 17 and the weight-class fork nobody has mapped
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed-Gender Medal: Le Hoang Vy Won Inside a 40-Millisecond Window
Five Silent Votes and the Kata Gold: Inside an Afternoon in Toyohashi
The Death of Bulgaria's Taekwondo Federation President: A Governance Node Removed From the SystemThe opening ceremony of an international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
One Label, Three Yardsticks: Where Vietnamese Sports Media Misreads Martial ArtsIn an edit suite in Tokyo, I rewatch a martial-arts segment from a Vietnamese...
Why Vietnamese taolu, sanda and MMA cannot share a single statistical tableVietnam closed SEA Games 31 in Hanoi in May 2026 with 205 gold medals, and mo...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Ring Stops at 63.5 kgAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026 the gymnasium lights will come on, and Muay Thai...
Tran Thi Cam Tu: a world silver at 17 and the weight-class fork nobody has mappedIn a replay room in Incheon, I stopped the frame at the 71st second of the...
Jena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt: 48-47, One Judge and the Price of a 10-8 ScorecardThere was a moment in the first round that nobody in the arena noticed. Liz...
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed-Gender Medal: Le Hoang Vy Won Inside a 40-Millisecond WindowAt 2:41 of the third round, Le Hoang Vy lowered her centre of gravity, rotate...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Judging Problem: When a Medal Hangs on Three NumbersVietnamese Martial Arts and the Judging Problem: When a Medal Hangs on Three...
Deep Sports Analysis: Information Gaps and Lessons from a Failed Analysis PipelineIn the modern sports industry, data analysis has become an indispensable part...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and Combat Sports: Landscape, Potential, Challenges and a Lesson in Data TransparencyVIETNAMESE MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS: LANDSCAPE, POTENTIAL, CHALLENGES A...
Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and Three Days in October: When Virtual Taekwondo Makes Its Asian Games Debut in 2026Three days. The 2026 Asian Games organizers have packed the entire Taekwondo...
Singapore's women's epee team bronze at the Asian Games: How the no-bronze-match rule shaped historyIn the final minute of the deciding bout, the scoreboard froze at 41-41. Elle...
Five Silent Votes and the Kata Gold: Inside an Afternoon in ToyohashiToyohashi, an afternoon when the scoreboard lit up with 5-0. No screams, no...
Duong Thuy Vi Takes Asiad 20 Bronze: The 0.133-Point Gap and Vietnamese Wushu's Succession QuestionThe arena fell quiet when Duong Thuy Vi walked to the centre of the mat. She...