Martial Arts
9.703 and 9.710 — Four Asiads, and the Score Sheet Nobody PublishedLast night I sat on my veranda in Mymensingh and streamed the wushu taolu...
The 0.133-Point Lesson: How an Asian Games Taolu Bronze Opened Vietnam's Succession QuestionOn the jian final scoreboard, three numbers sat side by side: 19.546, 19.446,...
The Semifinal Wall: Vietnam's Four Bronzes in One Day and the Arithmetic of a FinalOn the September 23 page of my red notebook, the first thing I wrote was a...
UFC 331: Arman Tsarukyan's Five-Round Ledger, and the One Punch That Can Rewrite ItIt was four in the morning in Dhaka. The press row at Crypto.com Arena in Los...
5-0, a Swollen Knee and 1.2 Billion Dong: The Kata Ledger Nobody ReadsI start with the number, because everyone keeps the trophy story and almost...
UFC 331: Tsarukyan's Layer Test, Ruffy's One-Shot Trap, and the Discomfort of Five RoundsTwo numbers have not moved for two weeks on the Los Angeles board: Arman...
