Martial Arts
Vietnam's Martial Arts Map and the Data Problem of an Unmeasured Industry
Inam Butt's backdated ban: why the silver medal falls even when the medicine was only for his eyes
Inam Butt and the TUE Gap: A Stripped Silver, An Empty Seat
The Beat Keeper in Vietnam's Fighting Rings: Data, Names, and Unwatched Training Sessions
Inam Butt's Doping Case: The Silver Medal, the Late TUE, and a Process Without Stoppage TimeI do not watch the medal; I watch the process that awarded it. Last April, at...
Breath Beneath the Dojo Floor: Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts and the Search for Rhythm in the Modern ArenaBreath Beneath the Dojo Floor: Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts and the...
The Analysis of Nothing: What an Empty Data Pipeline Teaches Us About Transfer Window NoiseThis week I read a sports analysis report thousands of words long — full of...
Vietnam's Martial Arts Map and the Data Problem of an Unmeasured IndustryIn an arena in Incheon, the night fell slowly. The ceiling lights stayed on,...
When Vietnamese Fighters' Records Live Only in a Paper NotebookOn a table in a gym in Thu Dau Mot sits a plastic-covered notebook with...
Before Analyzing a Fight, Ask: What Discipline Is This?In Shenzhen, I usually arrive at the training hall before the city wakes. The...
Inam Butt's Eyes and the Silver Medal That Cannot Be KeptInam Butt's Eyes and the Silver Medal That Cannot Be Kept In April, on the sa...
V-League 2026/2026: When Pressing Chases the Ball Instead of Cutting Passing LanesA match at Lach Tray Stadium in the 2026/2026 season saw my hometown team...
Inam Butt's backdated ban: why the silver medal falls even when the medicine was only for his eyesIn April 2026, at the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt won silver. Few people...
Inam Butt: A Suspended Ban and the Real Price of a Silver MedalLast April, Inam Butt climbed the podium to collect silver in beach wrestling...
The Empty Framework: Notes from a Southeast Asian Combat Sports Data RoomOn March 14, 2026, in an hourly rental meeting room on the edge of Chiang Mai...
Inam Butt and the TUE Gap: A Stripped Silver, An Empty SeatWhen the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) announced that Inam Butt had...
One Knee, 14 Months, and a Contract Nobody Dared to SignIn the fourth round, at the 47-second mark, at the Phu Tho arena on March 8,...
Three Rule Sets, One Body: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Analysis Keeps Reading the Wrong FrameOn one fight night I sat in the seventh row and heard two commentators use...
The Beat Keeper in Vietnam's Fighting Rings: Data, Names, and Unwatched Training SessionsOn the stands of a small arena in Ho Chi Minh City, on a March evening, I sat...
A Scoreboard Cannot Measure a Ligament: The Classification Blind Spot in Vietnamese Combat-Sports AnalysisAt three in the morning, I opened an eight-section analytical file and found...
The 9.71 Score and the Ruler Held Backwards Across Three Martial Arts ArenasOn the arena scoreboard two figures appear: 9.71 and 9.73. Two hundredths...
Breath Beneath the Dojo Floor: Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts and the Search for Rhythm in the Modern ArenaBreath Beneath the Dojo Floor: Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts and the...
The Analysis of Nothing: What an Empty Data Pipeline Teaches Us About Transfer Window NoiseThis week I read a sports analysis report thousands of words long — full of...
Vietnam's Martial Arts Map and the Data Problem of an Unmeasured IndustryIn an arena in Incheon, the night fell slowly. The ceiling lights stayed on,...
When Vietnamese Fighters' Records Live Only in a Paper NotebookOn a table in a gym in Thu Dau Mot sits a plastic-covered notebook with...
Before Analyzing a Fight, Ask: What Discipline Is This?In Shenzhen, I usually arrive at the training hall before the city wakes. The...
Inam Butt's Eyes and the Silver Medal That Cannot Be KeptInam Butt's Eyes and the Silver Medal That Cannot Be Kept In April, on the sa...
V-League 2026/2026: When Pressing Chases the Ball Instead of Cutting Passing LanesA match at Lach Tray Stadium in the 2026/2026 season saw my hometown team...
Inam Butt's backdated ban: why the silver medal falls even when the medicine was only for his eyesIn April 2026, at the Asian Beach Games, Inam Butt won silver. Few people...
Inam Butt: A Suspended Ban and the Real Price of a Silver MedalLast April, Inam Butt climbed the podium to collect silver in beach wrestling...
The Empty Framework: Notes from a Southeast Asian Combat Sports Data RoomOn March 14, 2026, in an hourly rental meeting room on the edge of Chiang Mai...
Inam Butt and the TUE Gap: A Stripped Silver, An Empty SeatWhen the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) announced that Inam Butt had...
One Knee, 14 Months, and a Contract Nobody Dared to SignIn the fourth round, at the 47-second mark, at the Phu Tho arena on March 8,...
Three Rule Sets, One Body: Why Vietnamese Martial Arts Analysis Keeps Reading the Wrong FrameOn one fight night I sat in the seventh row and heard two commentators use...
The Beat Keeper in Vietnam's Fighting Rings: Data, Names, and Unwatched Training SessionsOn the stands of a small arena in Ho Chi Minh City, on a March evening, I sat...
A Scoreboard Cannot Measure a Ligament: The Classification Blind Spot in Vietnamese Combat-Sports AnalysisAt three in the morning, I opened an eight-section analytical file and found...
The 9.71 Score and the Ruler Held Backwards Across Three Martial Arts ArenasOn the arena scoreboard two figures appear: 9.71 and 9.73. Two hundredths...