Martial Arts
Empty Signals: When Combat Sports Are Loud on Rumors but Silent on Facts
Choosing the Wrong Analytical Framework: The Systemic Flaw Behind Unverifiable Sports Reporting
Inam Butt's Doping Case: When an Asian Beach Games Silver Hangs on a Late-Filed Form
Vietnam Retains Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold in Chuncheon: Thien Phung Is the Anchor, the Rest Is a Coaching Calculation
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Two Female Fighters Carry the Entire Medal Case
The Scale in Yongin: Why Vietnam's Asiad 2026 Taekwondo Medal Hopes Rest on Two Women's Weight Classes
Vietnam Retains Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold in Chuncheon: Thien Phung Is the Anchor, the Rest Is a Coaching CalculationIn Chuncheon, there was nobody on the mat to knock down. No knockout, no chok...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Two Female Fighters Carry the Entire Medal CaseEvery Tuesday and Thursday, after two mat sessions, the Vietnamese taekwondo...
The Scale in Yongin: Why Vietnam's Asiad 2026 Taekwondo Medal Hopes Rest on Two Women's Weight ClassesThe training hall in Yongin, South Korea, early August. A twenty-year-old...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Two Names Carry a 28-Year Wait for GoldOn September 28, Vietnam's taekwondo team departs for Japan. Eight Asiad 2026...
The Scale in Yongin and Vietnam's Two Taekwondo Medal Paths at Asiad 2026In competitive taekwondo, a kick to the head does not knock anyone out the wa...
A Two-Month Ban and a Vanishing Silver Medal: The Inam Butt Case and the Price of a Late SignatureThe arena lights went dark before the referee could raise a hand. In the...
Empty Signals: When Combat Sports Are Loud on Rumors but Silent on FactsAn August afternoon in Busan, and the press room of an international combat...
Empty Cells in a Combat Sports File: When 'Insufficient Data' Is Mistaken for 'No Risk'Tuesday Night in Osaka, and an Empty File On Tuesday night I opened a file se...
Kata, Taolu and Sanda: Three Scoring Systems One Word 'Martial Arts' Cannot MergeOn 6 August 2026, inside the Nippon Budokan, a man stepped onto a competition...
Choosing the Wrong Analytical Framework: The Systemic Flaw Behind Unverifiable Sports ReportingIn 2026, at a sports newsroom in Hanoi, I was handed a nearly...
Inam Butt's Doping Case: When an Asian Beach Games Silver Hangs on a Late-Filed FormThe silver medal won at the Asian Beach Games in April is still sitting in th...
Inam Butt and the Two-Month Doping Ban: The Lightest Penalty That Cannot Erase the Heaviest MarkIn April, Inam Butt stepped onto the podium to collect a silver medal at the...
Inam Butt, a Two-Month Suspension and the Asian Beach Games Silver Set to Be StrippedLast April, on the sand mat under the sun, Inam Butt closed out his competiti...
Inam Butt and the Eye-Drop Prescription: How a Silver Medal Was Erased by a Late Piece of PaperworkThere is a moment I remember clearly, and it was not in the stands but in the...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Two Female Fighters Carry the Entire Medal CaseEvery Tuesday and Thursday, after two mat sessions, the Vietnamese taekwondo...
The Scale in Yongin: Why Vietnam's Asiad 2026 Taekwondo Medal Hopes Rest on Two Women's Weight ClassesThe training hall in Yongin, South Korea, early August. A twenty-year-old...
Vietnam Taekwondo at Asiad 2026: Two Names Carry a 28-Year Wait for GoldOn September 28, Vietnam's taekwondo team departs for Japan. Eight Asiad 2026...
The Scale in Yongin and Vietnam's Two Taekwondo Medal Paths at Asiad 2026In competitive taekwondo, a kick to the head does not knock anyone out the wa...
A Two-Month Ban and a Vanishing Silver Medal: The Inam Butt Case and the Price of a Late SignatureThe arena lights went dark before the referee could raise a hand. In the...
Empty Signals: When Combat Sports Are Loud on Rumors but Silent on FactsAn August afternoon in Busan, and the press room of an international combat...
Empty Cells in a Combat Sports File: When 'Insufficient Data' Is Mistaken for 'No Risk'Tuesday Night in Osaka, and an Empty File On Tuesday night I opened a file se...
Kata, Taolu and Sanda: Three Scoring Systems One Word 'Martial Arts' Cannot MergeOn 6 August 2026, inside the Nippon Budokan, a man stepped onto a competition...
Choosing the Wrong Analytical Framework: The Systemic Flaw Behind Unverifiable Sports ReportingIn 2026, at a sports newsroom in Hanoi, I was handed a nearly...
Inam Butt's Doping Case: When an Asian Beach Games Silver Hangs on a Late-Filed FormThe silver medal won at the Asian Beach Games in April is still sitting in th...
Inam Butt and the Two-Month Doping Ban: The Lightest Penalty That Cannot Erase the Heaviest MarkIn April, Inam Butt stepped onto the podium to collect a silver medal at the...
Inam Butt, a Two-Month Suspension and the Asian Beach Games Silver Set to Be StrippedLast April, on the sand mat under the sun, Inam Butt closed out his competiti...
Inam Butt and the Eye-Drop Prescription: How a Silver Medal Was Erased by a Late Piece of PaperworkThere is a moment I remember clearly, and it was not in the stands but in the...