Martial Arts
A Bigger Number Than the Medal: The Real Lesson of Singapore’s Fencing Bronze Is 35–45
Singapore's Épée Bronze and Korea's 35-45: Two Truths in the Geometry of a Relay
42–41 and 35–45: What Singapore's Fencing Bronze in Nagoya Says — and What It Doesn't
42–41: The Score Sheet Nobody Published, and Singapore's First Épée Bronze
A 5-0 in Kata Is Never a Knockout: A Frame-by-Frame Reading of the Karate Final at the Nagoya Asiad
Martial ArtsA 5-0 in Kata Is Never a Knockout: A Frame-by-Frame Reading of the Karate Final at the Nagoya AsiadThe scoreboard says five zeros. Final, it says, next to it. Three Vietnamese...
Martial ArtsSingapore Women's Épée Team's Historic Asian Games Bronze: A Structural AnalysisI remember the silent halls of the 2026 Dhaka South Asian Games, when karate...
Martial ArtsThe Épée Ledger: From 42–41 to 35–45 — What Singapore's Bronze Says, and What It Doesn't42–41. While those two numbers burned on the touchboard, three things went in...
Martial ArtsA Bigger Number Than the Medal: The Real Lesson of Singapore’s Fencing Bronze Is 35–45Four women fencers, three medals, one overtime. In the women's team épée...
Martial ArtsSingapore's Épée Bronze and Korea's 35-45: Two Truths in the Geometry of a RelayHook Aichi Sky Expo, 2026 Asian Games. Women's team épée, quarter-final again...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: What Singapore's Fencing Bronze in Nagoya Says — and What It Doesn'tThe 2026 Asian Games came to Aichi-Nagoya. To my city. For a columnist who...
Martial Arts42–41: The Weapon That Needs No Referee's Eye Delivered Singapore's First BronzeThe scoreboard froze at 42–41 inside the Aichi Sky Expo. I rewound the stream...
Martial ArtsThe Electronic Touch and the Korean Wall: Ledger of Singapore's Épée Bronze at Aichi-NagoyaThe final hour at the fencing hall of Aichi Sky Expo means stacked chairs,...
Martial Arts42–41: What Singapore's First Épée Team Medal Actually Proves, and What It Does NotTo remember the piste hall at Aichi Sky Expo, my mind goes to the last hour o...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore's Historic Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Wall Named KoreaThe clock on pist 2 at the Aichi Sky Expo was counting the final minute of th...
Martial Arts42–41: The Score Sheet Nobody Published, and Singapore's First Épée BronzeThe ranking sheet had Singapore as top seeds, so they did not fence in the...
Martial Arts42–41: One Touch, Three Medals, and the Question Bangladesh Never Wrote DownOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. Around six...
Martial ArtsSingapore Women's Épée Team's Historic Asian Games Bronze: A Structural AnalysisI remember the silent halls of the 2026 Dhaka South Asian Games, when karate...
Martial ArtsThe Épée Ledger: From 42–41 to 35–45 — What Singapore's Bronze Says, and What It Doesn't42–41. While those two numbers burned on the touchboard, three things went in...
Martial ArtsA Bigger Number Than the Medal: The Real Lesson of Singapore’s Fencing Bronze Is 35–45Four women fencers, three medals, one overtime. In the women's team épée...
Martial ArtsSingapore's Épée Bronze and Korea's 35-45: Two Truths in the Geometry of a RelayHook Aichi Sky Expo, 2026 Asian Games. Women's team épée, quarter-final again...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: What Singapore's Fencing Bronze in Nagoya Says — and What It Doesn'tThe 2026 Asian Games came to Aichi-Nagoya. To my city. For a columnist who...
Martial Arts42–41: The Weapon That Needs No Referee's Eye Delivered Singapore's First BronzeThe scoreboard froze at 42–41 inside the Aichi Sky Expo. I rewound the stream...
Martial ArtsThe Electronic Touch and the Korean Wall: Ledger of Singapore's Épée Bronze at Aichi-NagoyaThe final hour at the fencing hall of Aichi Sky Expo means stacked chairs,...
Martial Arts42–41: What Singapore's First Épée Team Medal Actually Proves, and What It Does NotTo remember the piste hall at Aichi Sky Expo, my mind goes to the last hour o...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore's Historic Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Wall Named KoreaThe clock on pist 2 at the Aichi Sky Expo was counting the final minute of th...
Martial Arts42–41: The Score Sheet Nobody Published, and Singapore's First Épée BronzeThe ranking sheet had Singapore as top seeds, so they did not fence in the...
Martial Arts42–41: One Touch, Three Medals, and the Question Bangladesh Never Wrote DownOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. Around six...