Martial Arts
Ahead on All Three Cards, Then on a Stretcher: How Barcelos's Knockout Swallowed the Fight
The Fighter's Ledger, the Immutable Truth: Data Integrity in Combat Sports and Bangladesh's Unfinished Pipeline
42–41: One Touch, One Bronze, and the Ten-Touch Truth Korea Left Behind
Singapore's Épée Bronze: A Ledger, Four Names and a 35–45 Margin
Shaolin's 96,000 Yuan and Our Dojo's 800 Taka: The Martial Arts Ledger Nobody Keeps
Shaolin's 96,000 Yuan and Our Dojo's 800 Taka: The Martial Arts Ledger Nobody KeepsLast month, two sheets of paper were taped side by side on a dojo wall in...
The Empty File: Record-Blindness and Risk in Bangladesh's Combat SportsIn December I asked a coach in a back room of a Motijheel gym three questions...
Ahead on All Three Cards, Then on a Stretcher: How Barcelos's Knockout Swallowed the FightWhat stays with me is not the slam. What stays with me is the scorecard. Thre...
Martinete: The Safety Vacuum of Mexican Independent Lucha Libre and the Death of a RefereeThe video runs barely twenty seconds. A small show in Mineral de la Reforma, ...
The Camouflage-Face General: Pricing a Warrior's Face Against the Blade's LedgerI keep the first Deal Sheet in my head, written in a combat hall in Kuala...
The Fighter's Ledger, the Immutable Truth: Data Integrity in Combat Sports and Bangladesh's Unfinished PipelineMarch 2026. The old hall at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Boxing...
The Medal Table Nobody PublishedOn an evening in 2026, back in Mymensingh, I opened a blank spreadsheet on my...
The Sword Ledger: Singapore's First Team Bronze, Korea's Ten Touches, and One Bad Filing42–41. Quarter-final. Overtime. When Singapore's anchor Elle Koh laid down th...
42–41: One Touch, One Bronze, and the Ten-Touch Truth Korea Left BehindOvertime. The fencing piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, the scoreboard reading...
Three Medals, Ten Touches of Daylight: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Arrives, the Summit Doesn't42–41. A single touch. On the piste at Aichi Sky Expo, that was the team épée...
The Bronze Nobody Fenced For: Singapore's Épée Team and the Korea Mirror42–41. Overtime. Before the last touch lit up on the electronic board, the ai...
Singapore's Épée Bronze: A Ledger, Four Names and a 35–45 Margin3:50 a.m. in Dhaka. Paltan is dark and the room beside the NSC Gymnasium is...
Forty-Five Touches on the Piste: Singapore's First Fencing Medal and the Ten-Touch Gap to KoreaThere are two lines on a fencing piste that almost nobody counts. One is the...
The Scoreline Hidden Under the Épée Bronze: Singapore's First Team Medal and the Number That Stopped Before 45I know the inside of the Aichi Sky Expo. Last month, covering a different eve...
From 42–41 to 35–45: Reading Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze as a LedgerFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Reading Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze as a Ledger T...
The Empty File: Record-Blindness and Risk in Bangladesh's Combat SportsIn December I asked a coach in a back room of a Motijheel gym three questions...
Ahead on All Three Cards, Then on a Stretcher: How Barcelos's Knockout Swallowed the FightWhat stays with me is not the slam. What stays with me is the scorecard. Thre...
Martinete: The Safety Vacuum of Mexican Independent Lucha Libre and the Death of a RefereeThe video runs barely twenty seconds. A small show in Mineral de la Reforma, ...
The Camouflage-Face General: Pricing a Warrior's Face Against the Blade's LedgerI keep the first Deal Sheet in my head, written in a combat hall in Kuala...
The Fighter's Ledger, the Immutable Truth: Data Integrity in Combat Sports and Bangladesh's Unfinished PipelineMarch 2026. The old hall at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Boxing...
The Medal Table Nobody PublishedOn an evening in 2026, back in Mymensingh, I opened a blank spreadsheet on my...
The Sword Ledger: Singapore's First Team Bronze, Korea's Ten Touches, and One Bad Filing42–41. Quarter-final. Overtime. When Singapore's anchor Elle Koh laid down th...
42–41: One Touch, One Bronze, and the Ten-Touch Truth Korea Left BehindOvertime. The fencing piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, the scoreboard reading...
Three Medals, Ten Touches of Daylight: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Arrives, the Summit Doesn't42–41. A single touch. On the piste at Aichi Sky Expo, that was the team épée...
The Bronze Nobody Fenced For: Singapore's Épée Team and the Korea Mirror42–41. Overtime. Before the last touch lit up on the electronic board, the ai...
Singapore's Épée Bronze: A Ledger, Four Names and a 35–45 Margin3:50 a.m. in Dhaka. Paltan is dark and the room beside the NSC Gymnasium is...
Forty-Five Touches on the Piste: Singapore's First Fencing Medal and the Ten-Touch Gap to KoreaThere are two lines on a fencing piste that almost nobody counts. One is the...
The Scoreline Hidden Under the Épée Bronze: Singapore's First Team Medal and the Number That Stopped Before 45I know the inside of the Aichi Sky Expo. Last month, covering a different eve...
From 42–41 to 35–45: Reading Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze as a LedgerFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Reading Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze as a Ledger T...