Martial Arts
Duong Thuy Vi and the ASIAD 20 Bronze: A Fourth Consecutive Medal, but the Peak Has Shifted
Muangthong United 2-1 Chiang Mai United: The Empty Flank and the Price of a Trend
Four Wushu Medals at Asiad 20 and the Wall Named China
Vietnam's Women's Team Kata and the Unanimous 5–0: The Uncouned Half of a Gold Medal
Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold at Chuncheon 2026: Nguyen Thien Phung as the Anchor, Nguyen Thi Le Kim Steps Into the Female Seat
Duong Thuy Vi and the ASIAD 20 Bronze: A Fourth Consecutive Medal, but the Peak Has ShiftedAt the Aichi-Nagoya Indoor Arena, when the score 9.710 for the spear routine...
Asiad 2026: Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang — the 'greatest hope' is looking into the wrong mirror; virtual taekwondo is where she truly fightsOn October 3, 2026, at the Aichi arena, a sport that never existed in Asian...
ASIAD 2026: Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Opens the Gold Account, and the Silence of a ScoreboardThree women stand in a horizontal line on the tatami. There is no surging roa...
Muangthong United 2-1 Chiang Mai United: The Empty Flank and the Price of a TrendIn the 63rd minute, Kittiphong Saengthong was still standing on the chalk of...
Vietnam's ASIAD 2026 Gold in Women's Team Kata: Ngoc Tram, Two New Faces, and the Art of Keeping RhythmAt the arena in Aichi, the final shout rose and then fell silent. Three...
Singapore's Women's Epee Team and Their First Asian Games Bronze: An Analysis from Ruleset to BracketThe electronic clock on the arena wall stopped at 42-41. In team epee, that i...
Singapore's women's epee team bronze: the relay that was written in the ninth boutA stadium so quiet that I could hear the match itself breathing. I opened the...
Vietnam Women's Kata at Asiad 20: The Even Breathing Behind the 5-0 ScorelineThree seconds before the bell marking the end of the team kata, I was sitting...
Vietnamese Wushu at Asiad 20: One Genuine Final Berth and Three Rule-Guaranteed BronzesOn September 23, on the wushu mats of Asiad 20, four Vietnamese sanda athlete...
Four Wushu Medals at Asiad 20 and the Wall Named ChinaLate afternoon in the competition hall, after the last announcement had faded...
Three 5-0 Sweeps for Vietnam's Women's Team Kata: Asiad's First Gold and a Crack Off the TatamiOn the tatami there is no impact to count. Three athletes stand in a line,...
Vietnam's Women's Team Kata and the Unanimous 5–0: The Uncouned Half of a Gold MedalOn the tatami, three Vietnamese women stood in a single line, a few steps fro...
From 'kata queen' to the next generation: Vietnam's karate gold at Asiad 20 and the unbroken lineageOn the afternoon of September 22, 2026, Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm, Bùi Ngọc Nhi and...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: When the Scale at the 2026 Asian Games Weighed More Than a QuarterfinalThere is a moment I always replay in my head whenever I talk about weight...
An Empty Quarterfinal Slot at Under-77kg: The Rules Gap Behind an Overnight Weight CutOn the evening of September 20, 2026, inside the competition hall of the Asia...
Bui Ngoc Nhi's Kata Bronze: The Fall to a Japanese Athlete Was the Moment That Defined the MedalBui Ngoc Nhi's Kata Bronze: The Fall to a Japanese Athlete Was the Moment Tha...
Asiad 20: Teqball and Karate Open Vietnam's Account with Two Bronzes, and the Question of How a Verdict Is ReachedThe second set was four minutes old. Nguyen Hoang Minh Tan stood slightly lef...
Reading the V.League Transfer Window from Inside the Dressing Room: Contracts Do Not Lie23:47, the closing day of the first registration window. I sat in the corrido...
Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold at Chuncheon 2026: Nguyen Thien Phung as the Anchor, Nguyen Thi Le Kim Steps Into the Female SeatChuncheon, South Korea. The 2026 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships....
Vietnam Taekwondo and the 2026 Poomsae World Gold: A Medal That Needs a Mirror Under the Chuncheon LightsChuncheon, South Korea — The arena had none of the roar of a kyorugi mat, onl...
Vietnam's Poomsae Gold at the 2026 World Championships: A Gold Medal Measured by the Tape of DoubtChuncheon, South Korea, July 2026. On the blue mat of a half-empty arena, a...
Vietnam's 2026 World Poomsae Gold: Swapping a Partner, Keeping the Title, and the Name Missing From the Draw SheetOn the entry sheet for the mixed-pair standard poomsae event, U50 age divisio...
Vietnamese Poomsae at Chuncheon 2026: The Beat-Keeper, the Substitute, and a Gap That Must Be Named CorrectlyChuncheon, October. Inside the arena, the announcer reads out two athletes'...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: Scars on the Mat, a Generation's BalladIn a small corner of a training room deep in an alley in Binh Thanh, Ho Chi...
Asiad 2026: Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang — the 'greatest hope' is looking into the wrong mirror; virtual taekwondo is where she truly fightsOn October 3, 2026, at the Aichi arena, a sport that never existed in Asian...
ASIAD 2026: Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Opens the Gold Account, and the Silence of a ScoreboardThree women stand in a horizontal line on the tatami. There is no surging roa...
Muangthong United 2-1 Chiang Mai United: The Empty Flank and the Price of a TrendIn the 63rd minute, Kittiphong Saengthong was still standing on the chalk of...
Vietnam's ASIAD 2026 Gold in Women's Team Kata: Ngoc Tram, Two New Faces, and the Art of Keeping RhythmAt the arena in Aichi, the final shout rose and then fell silent. Three...
Singapore's Women's Epee Team and Their First Asian Games Bronze: An Analysis from Ruleset to BracketThe electronic clock on the arena wall stopped at 42-41. In team epee, that i...
Singapore's women's epee team bronze: the relay that was written in the ninth boutA stadium so quiet that I could hear the match itself breathing. I opened the...
Vietnam Women's Kata at Asiad 20: The Even Breathing Behind the 5-0 ScorelineThree seconds before the bell marking the end of the team kata, I was sitting...
Vietnamese Wushu at Asiad 20: One Genuine Final Berth and Three Rule-Guaranteed BronzesOn September 23, on the wushu mats of Asiad 20, four Vietnamese sanda athlete...
Four Wushu Medals at Asiad 20 and the Wall Named ChinaLate afternoon in the competition hall, after the last announcement had faded...
Three 5-0 Sweeps for Vietnam's Women's Team Kata: Asiad's First Gold and a Crack Off the TatamiOn the tatami there is no impact to count. Three athletes stand in a line,...
Vietnam's Women's Team Kata and the Unanimous 5–0: The Uncouned Half of a Gold MedalOn the tatami, three Vietnamese women stood in a single line, a few steps fro...
From 'kata queen' to the next generation: Vietnam's karate gold at Asiad 20 and the unbroken lineageOn the afternoon of September 22, 2026, Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm, Bùi Ngọc Nhi and...
Thirty Minutes in the Sauna: When the Scale at the 2026 Asian Games Weighed More Than a QuarterfinalThere is a moment I always replay in my head whenever I talk about weight...
An Empty Quarterfinal Slot at Under-77kg: The Rules Gap Behind an Overnight Weight CutOn the evening of September 20, 2026, inside the competition hall of the Asia...
Bui Ngoc Nhi's Kata Bronze: The Fall to a Japanese Athlete Was the Moment That Defined the MedalBui Ngoc Nhi's Kata Bronze: The Fall to a Japanese Athlete Was the Moment Tha...
Asiad 20: Teqball and Karate Open Vietnam's Account with Two Bronzes, and the Question of How a Verdict Is ReachedThe second set was four minutes old. Nguyen Hoang Minh Tan stood slightly lef...
Reading the V.League Transfer Window from Inside the Dressing Room: Contracts Do Not Lie23:47, the closing day of the first registration window. I sat in the corrido...
Mixed-Pair U50 Poomsae Gold at Chuncheon 2026: Nguyen Thien Phung as the Anchor, Nguyen Thi Le Kim Steps Into the Female SeatChuncheon, South Korea. The 2026 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships....
Vietnam Taekwondo and the 2026 Poomsae World Gold: A Medal That Needs a Mirror Under the Chuncheon LightsChuncheon, South Korea — The arena had none of the roar of a kyorugi mat, onl...
Vietnam's Poomsae Gold at the 2026 World Championships: A Gold Medal Measured by the Tape of DoubtChuncheon, South Korea, July 2026. On the blue mat of a half-empty arena, a...
Vietnam's 2026 World Poomsae Gold: Swapping a Partner, Keeping the Title, and the Name Missing From the Draw SheetOn the entry sheet for the mixed-pair standard poomsae event, U50 age divisio...
Vietnamese Poomsae at Chuncheon 2026: The Beat-Keeper, the Substitute, and a Gap That Must Be Named CorrectlyChuncheon, October. Inside the arena, the announcer reads out two athletes'...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: Scars on the Mat, a Generation's BalladIn a small corner of a training room deep in an alley in Binh Thanh, Ho Chi...