Martial Arts
When the Combat Sports Data Pipeline Breaks: The Empty Report and Three Silent Months
Eight Dimensions of Combat Sports Analysis and the Trap Called 'Unknown'
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Currents: Tradition on the Wooden Floor, Professionalism in the Ring
Empty Data Tables and the Names Combat Sports Never Calls
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between Two Currents: Tradition on the Wooden Floor, Professionalism in the RingEvery tournament season begins on a morning when no one is awake yet. I stood...
Empty Data Tables and the Names Combat Sports Never CallsIn March 2026, I sat in the back row of a press room in Bangkok, facing the...
Khanh Hoa Youth Martial Arts: A Season Counted in 4 A.M. Training SessionsKhanh Hoa Youth Martial Arts: A Season Counted in 4 A.M. Training Sessions At...
When the Empty Belt Speaks: The MMA Champion Map and the Price of VacanciesWhen I sat in the seventh row of an arena in Macau this past March, what caug...
Summer 2026: Vietnam Got a New Name, the Scoreboards Did NotOn 2 July 2026, in Hanoi, the Sixth National Assembly of a reunified Vietnam...
When the Combat Sports Data Pipeline Breaks: The Empty Report and Three Silent MonthsWhen the Combat Sports Data Pipeline Breaks: The Empty Report and Three Silen...
Incomplete Records Force Saigon Fight Card Announcement to Be PostponedSAIGON, June 18, 2026 — The organizing committee of the summer martial arts...
What Combat Sports Analysis Is Missing: From Fight Tape to Industry Value ChainIn the last three hours before weigh-in, I sat in the corridor of an old aren...
Inam Butt awaits a two-month ban: the silver medal and three pages of TUE paperworkIn my wrestling notebook, from page 41 onward there is a column I rarely want...
Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Classification Problem: Four Scoring Systems Under One NameVIETNAMESE COMBAT SPORTS AND THE CLASSIFICATION PROBLEM: FOUR SCORING SYSTEMS...
Inam Butt, a Two-Month Suspension, and the Price of a Late-Filed FormThis summer I sat down to rebuild the frames from the Asian Beach Games back ...
When the Data File Comes Back Empty: A Lesson in Discipline for the Combat Sports DeskIn a small newsroom tucked deep in an alley off Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in...
The Eyes That Did Not Ask Permission: Inam Butt's Doping File and the Crack in Pakistan's Sports GovernanceIn April, on the sand of an Asian Beach Games that Pakistani media described...
Eight Dimensions of Combat Sports Analysis and the Trap Called 'Unknown'Eight Dimensions of Combat Sports Analysis and the Trap Called 'Unknown' A...
Inam Butt's doping case: A lenient sentence, a debt that cannot be erasedIn April 2026, Inam Butt stepped onto the podium to receive a silver medal at...
One Ruler Cannot Measure Every Ring: Why Combat Sports Analysis Must Begin With ClassificationOne Ruler Cannot Measure Every Ring: Why Combat Sports Analysis Must Begin Wi...
Inam Butt Loses Asian Beach Games Silver: A Two-Month Ban and Pakistan Wrestling's TUE Blind SpotI once sat in a wrestling room in Hai Phong, watching a young grappler press ...
The Wrong Analytical Frame: The Quiet Flaw That Makes Combat Sports Misread ItselfIn the basement of an old arena in Bangkok, after a night of Muay Thai fights...