Martial Arts
Martial ArtsMedals by Phone, Punches in a Notebook: The Data Ledger Bangladesh's Combat Sports Never Built2026-10-26On December 9, 2026, an alarm went off at four in the morning in a room in...
Martial ArtsAfter the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in Mexico's Independent Lucha Libre2026-10-09After the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in...
Martial ArtsThe Cream-Foundation General: The Beauty Politics of Chinese Warriors in Six Dynasties History2026-10-08I didn't watch it live. In late January 2026, a clip from a battle scene in t...
Martial ArtsThe Real Ledger Behind the Épée Bronze: Singapore Reached the Door, Not the Top Floor2026-09-26I did not watch it at the venue. The Games are in my city — Nagoya. Aichi Sky...
Martial Arts42-41 and 35-45: What Singapore's Épée Bronze Says About the Tier2026-09-26I rewatched the moment until the crowd noise stopped mattering. 42-41,...
Dana White at the White House: UFC Promotion, Politics and the Questions Still to VerifyHook: The relationship matters more than the job Standing beside Donald Trump...
The Price of the Fifth Round: Barcelos's Stretcher, Six Doctors and a New Column in My LedgerThe fifth-round bell was ringing in Las Vegas. In Chattogram the newsroom clo...
The Cream-Painted General: The Mirror Cannot Balance the Ledger, the Gymnasium CanTwo in the morning. The blue light of a laptop in an Osaka flat, and on the...
Medals by Phone, Punches in a Notebook: The Data Ledger Bangladesh's Combat Sports Never BuiltOn December 9, 2026, an alarm went off at four in the morning in a room in...
The Arithmetic of a Judgment and the Silence of the Ring: Accounting for the Fighter-Import Pipeline from the Philippines to Las VegasIn 2026, nobody appeared for the defence in a Los Angeles civil court. The...
Vietnam's Muay Ends at 63.5kg: What the National Sports Games Weight List Actually RevealsSix men's weight classes. 45–48, 48–51, 51–54, 54–57, 57–60, 60–63.5 kilogram...
The Ring, Taolu and Sanda: The Line Nobody Draws on the ScorecardThe Budokan in August, karate's Olympic debut. A five-judge kata panel,...
Ringside Ledgers, Chained: What Blockchain Can and Cannot Do for Bangladeshi Combat SportsMarch 2026. The indoor hall at Khulna District Stadium. The divisional round ...
The Ledger Outside the Ring: Bangladesh's Combat Sports, Its Numbers and Its SilencesJune 2026. Final night of the National Boxing Championship at the NSC gymnasi...
A 0.05-Point Bronze: Darren Yap's Poomsae Medal at the Nagoya Asian Games and the Real Ledger of Singapore's First Taekwondo SuccessI didn't watch it live. The Asian Games came to my own city — Nagoya — and I...
One Touch of History, Ten Touches of Distance: The Story of Singapore's Épée Bronze41–41. In a team épée relay, that number only appears when nobody has cracked...
The Unwritten Ledger of Combat Sports: Frame Rate, Judging and Blockchain TransparencyI have watched that kick eight times. At the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, in Augu...
After the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in Mexico's Independent Lucha LibreAfter the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in...
The Cream-Foundation General: The Beauty Politics of Chinese Warriors in Six Dynasties HistoryI didn't watch it live. In late January 2026, a clip from a battle scene in t...
The Gold That Arrives by Phone Line: Bangladesh's Uncounted Combat SportsDecember 2026. A bedroom in Khulna, a 4 a.m. alarm, one phone, one ledger....
The Price of the Fifth Round: Barcelos's Stretcher, Six Doctors and a New Column in My LedgerThe fifth-round bell was ringing in Las Vegas. In Chattogram the newsroom clo...
The Cream-Painted General: The Mirror Cannot Balance the Ledger, the Gymnasium CanTwo in the morning. The blue light of a laptop in an Osaka flat, and on the...
Medals by Phone, Punches in a Notebook: The Data Ledger Bangladesh's Combat Sports Never BuiltOn December 9, 2026, an alarm went off at four in the morning in a room in...
The Arithmetic of a Judgment and the Silence of the Ring: Accounting for the Fighter-Import Pipeline from the Philippines to Las VegasIn 2026, nobody appeared for the defence in a Los Angeles civil court. The...
Vietnam's Muay Ends at 63.5kg: What the National Sports Games Weight List Actually RevealsSix men's weight classes. 45–48, 48–51, 51–54, 54–57, 57–60, 60–63.5 kilogram...
The Ring, Taolu and Sanda: The Line Nobody Draws on the ScorecardThe Budokan in August, karate's Olympic debut. A five-judge kata panel,...
Ringside Ledgers, Chained: What Blockchain Can and Cannot Do for Bangladeshi Combat SportsMarch 2026. The indoor hall at Khulna District Stadium. The divisional round ...
The Ledger Outside the Ring: Bangladesh's Combat Sports, Its Numbers and Its SilencesJune 2026. Final night of the National Boxing Championship at the NSC gymnasi...
A 0.05-Point Bronze: Darren Yap's Poomsae Medal at the Nagoya Asian Games and the Real Ledger of Singapore's First Taekwondo SuccessI didn't watch it live. The Asian Games came to my own city — Nagoya — and I...
One Touch of History, Ten Touches of Distance: The Story of Singapore's Épée Bronze41–41. In a team épée relay, that number only appears when nobody has cracked...
The Unwritten Ledger of Combat Sports: Frame Rate, Judging and Blockchain TransparencyI have watched that kick eight times. At the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, in Augu...
After the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in Mexico's Independent Lucha LibreAfter the Martinete: A Referee's Death and the Geography of Liability in...
The Cream-Foundation General: The Beauty Politics of Chinese Warriors in Six Dynasties HistoryI didn't watch it live. In late January 2026, a clip from a battle scene in t...
The Gold That Arrives by Phone Line: Bangladesh's Uncounted Combat SportsDecember 2026. A bedroom in Khulna, a 4 a.m. alarm, one phone, one ledger....