Martial Arts
Four Bronzes, One Silver, Three Semifinal Losses: Auditing Vietnam's Wushu Medal Ledger2026-09-24Four Bronzes, One Silver, Three Semifinal Losses: Auditing Vietnam's Wushu...
0.007 Points, Four Asiads: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze and an Unfinished Ledger2026-09-24Two numbers were burning on the scoreboard: 9.703 and 9.710. The gap was 0.00...
The 56kg Sanda Final: China's Monopoly and Vietnam's Single Throw2026-09-24I have watched the Macau World Cup final twenty-eight times. Three rounds, th...
Nagoya 2026: The 0.133-Point Gap on the Taolu Board, and the Vietnamese Ledger Nobody Reads2026-09-24Fourteen chairs stood in the press row at the wushu venue in Nagoya. One of t...
The Bronze That Began 0–5: Vietnam's Two Asiad 20 Medals and One Uncomfortable Gap2026-09-24I did not watch it live. The story went out from Tokyo and Hanoi desks in the...
Vietnam's kata geometry: first gold of the Asian Games in Nagoya2026-09-24September 22, 2026. Walking into the karate hall of the 20th Asian Games in...
Four Bronzes, One Silver, Three Semifinal Losses: Auditing Vietnam's Wushu Medal LedgerFour Bronzes, One Silver, Three Semifinal Losses: Auditing Vietnam's Wushu...
0.007 Points, Four Asiads: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze and an Unfinished LedgerTwo numbers were burning on the scoreboard: 9.703 and 9.710. The gap was 0.00...
The 56kg Sanda Final: China's Monopoly and Vietnam's Single ThrowI have watched the Macau World Cup final twenty-eight times. Three rounds, th...
Nagoya 2026: The 0.133-Point Gap on the Taolu Board, and the Vietnamese Ledger Nobody ReadsFourteen chairs stood in the press row at the wushu venue in Nagoya. One of t...
The Bronze That Began 0–5: Vietnam's Two Asiad 20 Medals and One Uncomfortable GapI did not watch it live. The story went out from Tokyo and Hanoi desks in the...
Vietnam's kata geometry: first gold of the Asian Games in NagoyaSeptember 22, 2026. Walking into the karate hall of the 20th Asian Games in...
The Quiet Ledger of Sword and Spear: Duong Thuy Vi, Wushu, and a Mirror for BangladeshIn Aichi-Nagoya, the scoreboard froze at lunchtime on a tie. After the jiansh...
Zero Point Zero Zero Seven: The Twelve-Year Arithmetic Hidden Inside Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze9.703. At the close of the jianshu routine the scoreboard held two names on t...
The Fourth-Round Tax: Why Lò Thị Phung Stayed One Hand Short of an Asiad MedalThe afternoon of September 20, 2026 came down to three scorecards. In the...
0.007 Points, Four Asiads: Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze and an Unfinished LedgerTwo numbers were burning on the scoreboard: 9.703 and 9.710. The gap was 0.00...
The 56kg Sanda Final: China's Monopoly and Vietnam's Single ThrowI have watched the Macau World Cup final twenty-eight times. Three rounds, th...
Nagoya 2026: The 0.133-Point Gap on the Taolu Board, and the Vietnamese Ledger Nobody ReadsFourteen chairs stood in the press row at the wushu venue in Nagoya. One of t...
The Bronze That Began 0–5: Vietnam's Two Asiad 20 Medals and One Uncomfortable GapI did not watch it live. The story went out from Tokyo and Hanoi desks in the...
Vietnam's kata geometry: first gold of the Asian Games in NagoyaSeptember 22, 2026. Walking into the karate hall of the 20th Asian Games in...
The Quiet Ledger of Sword and Spear: Duong Thuy Vi, Wushu, and a Mirror for BangladeshIn Aichi-Nagoya, the scoreboard froze at lunchtime on a tie. After the jiansh...
Zero Point Zero Zero Seven: The Twelve-Year Arithmetic Hidden Inside Duong Thuy Vi's Bronze9.703. At the close of the jianshu routine the scoreboard held two names on t...
The Fourth-Round Tax: Why Lò Thị Phung Stayed One Hand Short of an Asiad MedalThe afternoon of September 20, 2026 came down to three scorecards. In the...