Martial Arts
The Empty Dataset and the Most Expensive Lesson in Sports AnalysisIn June 2026, in Chengdu, I reopened a spreadsheet that had sat untouched in ...
Blank Records at Lumpinee: How Thai Fight Culture Fills Silence with MythOn the last Friday of the month, third row from the south-east corner of...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Heartbeats: From Traditional Dojos to the CageAt 5:43 in the morning, the training floor of a small martial arts school...
Three Scoring Systems Beneath a Single Word — “Võ Thuật”In a gymnasium in central Vietnam, two competition areas are separated by...
Beneath the Bell: Eight Checks Before Trusting a FightI still remember that night in Russia. In the 2026 World Cup semi-final, I...
The Silent Zone on the Ring: When Missing Data Is Itself a ResultThe data table I opened in Osaka on a season evening had eight columns and no...
Inam Butt and the two-month ban: the real verdict sits in the file, not on the matInam Butt walked onto the podium to collect a silver medal at the Asian Beach...
Reading Vietnamese Martial Arts Data: Separate the Discipline First, the Numbers SecondA forms routine and a sparring bout do not share a scoring scale. Wushu is...
The Scale Does Not Speak for the Body: Why Combat Sports Needs Its Own Analytical FrameworkThe weigh-in in Bangkok was over in twelve minutes. The fighter stepped onto...
Inam Butt: An Eye Prescription, a Silver Medal, and a Decision Yet to FallWhen the International Testing Agency (ITA) opened its file on Inam Butt, wha...
Inam Butt and the Late TUE: How a Beach Wrestling Champion Lost a Medal Over an Eye ConditionIn the middle of the latest anti-doping case in Olympic-style wrestling, the...
Three Blank Pages and Thai Combat Sports' Number AddictionOn the night of March 14, at Rajadamnern Stadium, a fighter's manager handed ...
Inam Butt and a Fall That Didn't Come from the Mat: When a Silver Medal Is Lost to a Late-Filed FormHook There is a moment in my years of sports podcasting I never forget: a...
