Martial Arts
Martial ArtsData Discipline in Combat Sports: Learning to Say “Unverified”2026-09-17At 2:47 in the morning I opened the report my analysis desk had sent over. Th...
Martial ArtsInam Butt: How a Pakistani Wrestling Legend Wrote His Own Verdict2026-09-16During the sleepless nights I spent following Asian wrestling through...
Martial ArtsOne Fight, Three Rulers: The Trap That Sends Every Vietnamese Martial Arts Debate Off Course Before It Starts2026-09-16One Fight, Three Rulers People remember the shot. I remember the way the aren...
Martial ArtsThe Silver Medal That Never Got Its Paperwork: Inam Butt and the Haunting Case of Pakistani Wrestling2026-09-16Last April, in a hall a few hundred metres from the sea, Inam Butt climbed th...
Martial ArtsThe Inam Butt case: a two-month ban, a silver medal, and an empty seat at the governance table2026-09-16The silver medal Inam Butt won at April's Asian Beach Games most likely will...
Martial ArtsONE Championship's Hydration Weigh-In: Lifeline or a Pretty Curtain Over a System That Refuses to Change?On December 11, 2026, in Jakarta, a 21-year-old Chinese fighter named Yang Ji...
Martial ArtsReading a Fight: Why the Writer Must Put Risk Before GloryIn a press room in Incheon, two analysts sit side by side and talk about the...
Martial ArtsData Discipline in Combat Sports: Learning to Say “Unverified”At 2:47 in the morning I opened the report my analysis desk had sent over. Th...
Martial ArtsInside the Bell: The Eight Dimensions of Modern Combat SportsIn Bangkok at night, the bell had not yet sounded but the air was already...
Martial ArtsCombat Sports Media Is Analyzing the Wrong Discipline — And Nobody Is AccountableI was sitting in a cafe in Koenji, Tokyo, last Saturday night, rewatching a...
Martial ArtsWhen the Ring Goes Quiet: Eight Lenses for Writing Combat Sports Without Inventing FactsAt 2:40 in the morning in Tokyo, I opened the file and found it empty. No...
Martial ArtsInam Butt and the Two-Month Doping Ban: The Silver Medal Was Lost Before the ITA RuledLast April, on the mat of an Asian Beach Games edition, Inam Butt stepped dow...
Martial ArtsInam Butt: How a Pakistani Wrestling Legend Wrote His Own VerdictDuring the sleepless nights I spent following Asian wrestling through...
Martial ArtsThe Blank Analysis Sheet: The Biggest Crack in Combat Sports MediaOn the night of November 14, 2026, in a small studio in Incheon, the data boa...
Martial ArtsOne Fight, Three Rulers: The Trap That Sends Every Vietnamese Martial Arts Debate Off Course Before It StartsOne Fight, Three Rulers People remember the shot. I remember the way the aren...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Chair at the Press Conference: Vietnam's Combat Sports Missing DatabaseThe empty chair at the press conference said everything. On the morning of...
Martial ArtsThe Silver Without a TUE: When a Short Ban Cannot Erase a Line in the RecordI begin with a piece of paper, not with a fight. It is a Therapeutic Use...
Martial ArtsThe Inam Butt Case: A Late TUE Form and a Silver Medal That Cannot Be SavedThe ruling expected from the International Testing Agency (ITA) within the...
Martial ArtsThe Silver Medal That Never Got Its Paperwork: Inam Butt and the Haunting Case of Pakistani WrestlingLast April, in a hall a few hundred metres from the sea, Inam Butt climbed th...
Martial ArtsThe Inam Butt case: a two-month ban, a silver medal, and an empty seat at the governance tableThe silver medal Inam Butt won at April's Asian Beach Games most likely will...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts: When the Analytical Framework Decides What We See on the MatEvery sports story begins with a forgotten number. For me, this time, it is...
