Martial Arts
Vietnam's First Asian Games Karate Kata Gold: Three Things the Score Sheet Never Says
A Golden Afternoon on the Kata Mat: Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and the Overreading of a Medal Table
The 5-0 Does Not Sit in the Ledger: Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and Karate's Book of Accounts
42–41: One Overtime Touch and Singapore's Three-Games Ledger
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Faces of Singapore's Épée Bronze
Martial ArtsA Golden Afternoon on the Kata Mat: Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and the Overreading of a Medal TableOne September 22, 2:20 p.m., Japan. I was at home in Chattogram, eyes on the...
Martial ArtsThe 5-0 Does Not Sit in the Ledger: Vietnam's First Asian Games Gold and Karate's Book of AccountsThe scoreline surfaced on my screen a little after four in the morning: Vietn...
Martial ArtsVietnam's First Asian Games Karate Kata Gold: Three Things the Score Sheet Never SaysHook: The Last Hour of the Venue The final hour always tells the truth. On 22...
Martial Arts42–41: One Overtime Touch and Singapore's Three-Games Ledger42–41: One Overtime Touch and Singapore's Three-Games Ledger Those three line...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: The Two Faces of Singapore's Épée BronzeThe Score That Doesn't Sit On The Board 42–41. One touch in overtime. The...
Martial Arts42–41: The Wall Singapore Broke, and the 35–45 Wall Still StandingAichi Sky Expo, the fencing hall. On the big screen, 42–41, with a small line...
Martial Arts42–41, Then 35–45: Where the Real Ledger Sits in Singapore's Fencing Bronze41–41. Touch-tie. Then exactly one touch left, and on it hung three Games of...
Martial Arts42–41: The Single Touch That Rewrote Four Asian Games' Worth of Ledger LinesAichi Sky Expo, Nagoya. Women's team épée, quarter-final. The board read 42–4...