Martial Arts
One Touch From Everything: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap to Asia's Elite
Aichi-Nagoya 2026: Singapore's women's épée team makes history with bronze after quarter-final comeback
The 42–41 Block: The Missing Cell in Singapore's Épée Bronze Ledger
The Medal Table Nobody Published: Dương Thúy Vi and Vietnam's 0.133-Point Wushu Reckoning
Vietnam's Karate Kata Gold: Four Ledgers Hidden Beneath a 5-0 Score Line
One Touch From Everything: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap to Asia's EliteThe board read 42–41. On the épée strip at the Aichi Sky Expo the air had gon...
The Medal Table Nobody Published: Dương Thúy Vi and Vietnam's 0.133-Point Wushu ReckoningThree numbers are still written in my notebook: 19.546, 19.446, 19.413. Gold,...
Vietnam's Karate Kata Gold: Four Ledgers Hidden Beneath a 5-0 Score LineThree athletes stood at the corner of the tatami. On my studio screen in Kual...
The Scoreboard Says 5-0, but Karate Kata Has No Such ScoreSeptember 22, 2026. In an indoor arena in Japan, the women's team kata final...
Aichi-Nagoya 2026: Singapore's women's épée team makes history with bronze after quarter-final comebackAt Aichi Sky Expo, the scoreboard read 42–41 in overtime. Elle Koh’s blade...
The 42–41 Block: The Missing Cell in Singapore's Épée Bronze LedgerThe floor at Aichi Sky Expo was carpeted, so the blades did not ring. They...
The Anchor's Last Touch: Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze and the Arithmetic of 42–41My eyes stayed on the scoreboard, not the piste, at the Aichi Sky Expo. Final...
42–41: Nine Bouts of Épée, and a Bronze Filed on the Wrong DeskI counted nine bouts. At one end of the épée strip the touches were...
42–41 in overtime: the touch that changed Singapore fencing historyI have an old habit with medal tables: I do not easily trust official result...