Martial Arts
The Leitai's Last Hour: One Man on a Stretcher, Two Men Chasing Gold, and One Vietnamese Throw
9.703 Then 9.710: Duong Thuy Vi, Two Routines, and the Real Language of a Wushu Taolu Medal
The Fifth-Round Slam: Where the Scorecard Was the Past and the Stretcher Was the Present
Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang's Surprise: Not Poomsae, Is Virtual Taekwondo the Real Asiad Medal Route?
Martial ArtsThe Fifth-Round Slam: Where the Scorecard Was the Past and the Stretcher Was the PresentThree scorecards, three judges, and Raoni Barcelos ahead on every one of them...
Martial ArtsChau Ngoc Tuyet Sang's Surprise: Not Poomsae, Is Virtual Taekwondo the Real Asiad Medal Route?October 3, 2026. The third and final day of the taekwondo program at the...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes, One Final, Three Losses: The Arithmetic Inside Vietnam's Sanda PictureThe line I wrote in my notebook on the night of September 23 was not a...
Martial ArtsThe Leitai's Last Hour: One Man on a Stretcher, Two Men Chasing Gold, and One Vietnamese ThrowThe Leitai's Last Hour: One Man on a Stretcher, Two Men Chasing Gold, and One...
Martial ArtsZero Point One Three Three: Dương Thúy Vi's Last Jian in the Nagoya Taolu HallThe last hour of a wushu hall is always the same. Chairs are stacked,...
Martial ArtsFour Asiads, Four Medals, Three Colours: Duong Thuy Vi and the Quiet Arithmetic of Wushu TaoluI did not need a seventeen-hour flight for this Asiad. No visa, no hotel...
Martial Arts9.703 Then 9.710: Duong Thuy Vi, Two Routines, and the Real Language of a Wushu Taolu MedalThe board reads 9.703 after the morning routine and 9.710 after the afternoon...
Martial ArtsFour Bronzes in One Night, Yet the Semifinal Remains Vietnam's Real CeilingI did not watch it live. I was in a small Nagoya apartment at three in the...
Martial ArtsA 0.133-Point Margin: Dương Thúy Vi's Bronze at the 20th Asian Games and the Succession Question in Wushu TaoluOn the taolu floor in Aichi-Nagoya, three numbers filled the scoreboard:...
Martial ArtsThe Unanimous Gold: Vietnam's Women's Kata Team and an Incomplete LedgerFive judges. Five flags. Not a single dissent. On the final scoreboard two...