Martial Arts
The Empty Deal Sheet: No Fight Story Gets Filed Without the Paper Trail
From 42-41 to 35-45: The Real Ledger Behind Singapore's First Team Épée Medal
35–45: The Defeat That Delivered Singapore's First Asian Games Team Épée Medal
After 42–41 Comes 35–45: Where Singapore's Fencing Medal Was Won, and Where It Was Lost
ASIAD 2026: Vietnam's First Gold on the Kata Mat, and the Ledger of Southeast Asia's Paper Gold
ASIAD 2026: Vietnam's First Gold on the Kata Mat, and the Ledger of Southeast Asia's Paper GoldSeptember 22, 2026. Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The afternoon session on the kata ma...
The Empty Deal Sheet: No Fight Story Gets Filed Without the Paper TrailIt is nearly three in the morning in a Kuala Lumpur studio. I open the envelo...
From the Leitai to the Locker Room: China's Monopoly and Vietnam's Small Crack in the 56kg Sanda FinalHook: The Rattle of a Stretcher When the stretcher rolled past the leitai, th...
One Overtime Touch and a Ten-Touch Gap: What Singapore's Épée Bronze Actually Says42–41. The last touch of overtime. When Elle Koh's blade met the plate and li...
From 42-41 to 35-45: The Real Ledger Behind Singapore's First Team Épée MedalI never open with a result; I open with who was watching. When Singapore and...
42–41: Singapore's Épée Bronze, and the Rule That Had Already Written Half the HeroismHook The clock stopped at 42–41 at the Aichi Sky Expo, and a corner of maybe...
35–45: The Defeat That Delivered Singapore's First Asian Games Team Épée MedalAt the Aichi Sky Expo the piste light was already thinning. A semifinal, the...
After 42–41 Comes 35–45: Where Singapore's Fencing Medal Was Won, and Where It Was LostOne Touch at Dawn The strip at Aichi Sky Expo was almost empty by then. The...
The Last Touch at Aichi Sky Expo: Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Lesson Korea Left BehindThe last hour of a venue always says more than the match did. At the Aichi Sk...