Martial Arts
Martial Arts42–41, Then 35–45: The Real Price of Singapore's Fencing Bronze2026-09-26The board read 41–41. The clock was dead, the priority toss already done, one...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: The Two Numbers That Explain Singapore's Épée Bronze2026-09-2642–41. Team épée matches run to 45 touches — that is the rule. Yet after the...
Martial ArtsFive-Nil, Five-Nil, Then Iran Again: How to Read Vietnam's Kata Gold in Nagoya2026-09-26September 22, 2026. The kata mat at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya,...
Five-Nil, Five-Nil, Then Iran Again: How to Read Vietnam's Kata Gold in NagoyaSeptember 22, 2026. The kata mat at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya,...
Empty Columns and Unbroken Chains: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Records Fail VerificationThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a season no one will get back....
The Last Touch and the Arithmetic of Nine Bouts: Singapore's First Women's Épée Team Medal in NagoyaThe last touch landed on piste four at Aichi Sky Expo with the board reading...
42–41, Then 35–45: The Real Price of Singapore's Fencing BronzeThe board read 41–41. The clock was dead, the priority toss already done, one...
Bronze Tier, Iron Ceiling: Singapore's Épée Medal and the Ten-Touch Mirror of KoreaThe first thing I did at my desk in Incheon was not analysis. It was...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Numbers That Explain Singapore's Épée Bronze42–41. Team épée matches run to 45 touches — that is the rule. Yet after the...
A First Team Medal on the Piste — and the Gap That Read 35–45On the edge of the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, I was counting those two...
42 in a Race to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Invisible Staircase of Asian FencingTwo numbers went into my red notebook that night: 42 and 41. A date beside...
The Blade Ledger: From 42–41 to 35–45 — Singapore's First Team Bronze That Refuses to Sit in My BooksThree Thuds, One Clock On the piste at Aichi-Nagoya, the clock stopped and El...
Singapore's First Fencing Team Bronze: The Ten-Touch Ledger Between 42-41 and 35-45The lights in Hall Five of Aichi Sky Expo were already half down. The electri...
First Steel in the Ledger: Singapore’s Maiden Team Épée Bronze at Aichi Sky ExpoThe final touch hung in the cold air of Aichi Sky Expo’s third hall for nearl...
42–41: Singapore's First Team Bronze and the Wrong Ledger of Combat SportsThere was no wall clock inside the Aichi Sky Expo hall. So I started counting...
Empty Columns and Unbroken Chains: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Records Fail VerificationThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a season no one will get back....
The Last Touch and the Arithmetic of Nine Bouts: Singapore's First Women's Épée Team Medal in NagoyaThe last touch landed on piste four at Aichi Sky Expo with the board reading...
42–41, Then 35–45: The Real Price of Singapore's Fencing BronzeThe board read 41–41. The clock was dead, the priority toss already done, one...
Bronze Tier, Iron Ceiling: Singapore's Épée Medal and the Ten-Touch Mirror of KoreaThe first thing I did at my desk in Incheon was not analysis. It was...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Numbers That Explain Singapore's Épée Bronze42–41. Team épée matches run to 45 touches — that is the rule. Yet after the...
A First Team Medal on the Piste — and the Gap That Read 35–45On the edge of the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, I was counting those two...
42 in a Race to 45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Invisible Staircase of Asian FencingTwo numbers went into my red notebook that night: 42 and 41. A date beside...
The Blade Ledger: From 42–41 to 35–45 — Singapore's First Team Bronze That Refuses to Sit in My BooksThree Thuds, One Clock On the piste at Aichi-Nagoya, the clock stopped and El...
Singapore's First Fencing Team Bronze: The Ten-Touch Ledger Between 42-41 and 35-45The lights in Hall Five of Aichi Sky Expo were already half down. The electri...
First Steel in the Ledger: Singapore’s Maiden Team Épée Bronze at Aichi Sky ExpoThe final touch hung in the cold air of Aichi Sky Expo’s third hall for nearl...
42–41: Singapore's First Team Bronze and the Wrong Ledger of Combat SportsThere was no wall clock inside the Aichi Sky Expo hall. So I started counting...