Martial Arts
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Format Through the Weight Classes2026-10-20The hall belongs to a public-service supply centre, not to a purpose-built...
Muay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: the 63.5 kg ceiling and the athlete pipeline problem2026-10-19In Paris, I stood less than three metres from the bar, in a press area so...
Reading Taolu With a Win-Loss Column: The Framework Error Blinding Vietnamese Martial Arts2026-10-17Last winter, in a provincial arena in northern Vietnam, I sat next to a young...
Video Review in Combat Sports: When the Human Eye Falls Short, Can the Machine Deliver Justice?2026-10-14On the night of June 9, 2026, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao landed...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera stops Meyer at BKFC 95: the class gap under Newark lightsWhen the final bell sounded at Prudential Center, Jimmie Rivera did not climb...
Martial ArtsVovinam Medals at SEA Games 31 and the Problem of Converting Them Into a Professional Fight CircuitIn May 2026, at an arena just beyond Hanoi's third ring road, I sat in the...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and What the Competition Programme Leaves UnsaidThe competition schedule lists the opening ceremony at 6:00 a.m. on 22 Octobe...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling Is the Real StoryOn 20 October 2026, Muay opens the competition phase of Vietnam's 2026 Nation...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Format Through the Weight ClassesThe hall belongs to a public-service supply centre, not to a purpose-built...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Men's Program Stops at 63.5 kg, and a Two-Day Gap Before the Opening CeremonyAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026, the gymnasium of a public service supply centre...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Silence Around Weigh-InsThree minutes a round. Sixty seconds of rest. Three rounds, then you either...
Martial ArtsMuay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: the 63.5 kg ceiling and the athlete pipeline problemIn Paris, I stood less than three metres from the bar, in a press area so...
Martial ArtsReading Taolu With a Win-Loss Column: The Framework Error Blinding Vietnamese Martial ArtsLast winter, in a provincial arena in northern Vietnam, I sat next to a young...
Martial Arts100 Grams in Judo's -48kg Class: When a Process Error Costs More Than a DefeatFifteen minutes. That was the entire window Jung Su-jin had, from the moment...
Martial Arts100 Grams and a Career: The Structural Flaw in Judo's Random Weigh-In ProtocolA hair clip. A sip of water. And 100 grams. Jung Su-jin, a -48 kg athlete on...
Martial ArtsVideo Review in Combat Sports: When the Human Eye Falls Short, Can the Machine Deliver Justice?On the night of June 9, 2026, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao landed...
Martial ArtsPakistan Olympic Wrestling: Three Names, Four Paths, and a Budget of ZeroFebruary 2027. For anyone tracking the qualifying cycle for the Los Angeles...
Martial ArtsAllen submits Duncan in the UFC main event: a control victory and an unresolved ranking knotFrom the third row of the press section at the Meta Apex arena, I could hear...
Martial ArtsBuakaw, 44, Beats Chinese Master Twice: A Symphony of DistanceBefore the opening bell sounded at Max Muay Thai Stadium in Chonburi, Buakaw...
Martial ArtsVR Taekwondo: A Vietnamese Female Fighter's Mixed-Gender Asiad Medal RunThe headset came off slowly, leaving a red band across her forehead. In the...
Martial ArtsMistakes as Milestones: Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Lesson of Self-Imposed LimitsWhen the stadium falls empty, I hear my own breathing – the most honest sound...
Martial ArtsThe Martinete in Mineral de la Reforma: Referee El Búho's Death and the Safety Void of Independent Lucha LibreA video barely thirty seconds long. A man in a referee's shirt stands in the...
