Martial Arts
After UFC 333: Volkanovski, Oliveira, and How the UFC Rewrites Rankings Through Narrative
The Slavi Binev case: a criminal file opens, a procurement file stays shut
When the Data Goes Silent: Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Test of Verification
Three Tracks, One Ruler: Lessons From an Empty Combat Sports File
The Scale Weighs Heavier Than the Punch: The Overlooked Equation in Vietnamese Martial Arts
After UFC 333: Volkanovski, Oliveira, and How the UFC Rewrites Rankings Through NarrativeIn the early hours of November 8, 2026, when Alexander Volkanovski stepped...
Mexican Lucha Libre: A Referee's Death and the Regulatory Void Behind a USD 30,000 SettlementIn a head-drop belonging to the martinete family, the receiver has roughly...
The Death of Slavi Binev and the Three Power Vacuums in Olympic TaekwondoThe opening ceremony of an international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
Slavi Binev shot in Sofia: the cancelled opening ceremony and three power vacuums in Bulgarian taekwondoAt a Sofia venue, 650 athletes from 10 countries were already inside when...
The Slavi Binev case: a criminal file opens, a procurement file stays shutThe opening ceremony of the international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
The Death of Slavi Binev and the Three-Layer Vacuum in European Taekwondo GovernanceSofia, morning. Referees already in position, the sound system tuned, more th...
The Punch After the Bell: A Double Ban and the Blind Spot of Amateur Boxing's SystemThe third chair at the officials' table in Glasgow stayed empty for two full...
When the Label 'Martial Arts' Is Not Enough to Tell a FightA sheet of A4 paper was handed out from the media desk, hurriedly printed on ...
When the Data Goes Silent: Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Test of VerificationAt three in the morning, the screen returned a blank file. Title field: none....
Three Tracks, One Ruler: Lessons From an Empty Combat Sports FileIn the press room of a combat sports venue in Osaka, I opened a file and...
Jin Yong and Three Real Men: When the Page Outweighs the RecordEvery season starts on a morning when nobody is awake yet. Mine started with ...
From the Scale to the Record Book: Vietnam's Martial Arts Data GapAt seven in the morning, in a gym in District 7, the digital scale settles on...
The Scale Weighs Heavier Than the Punch: The Overlooked Equation in Vietnamese Martial ArtsI stood about three meters from the scale, and what I heard most clearly was...
When the Data Goes Silent: Why a 1009-Word Analysis of Thai Martial Arts Cannot Be WrittenIn a small apartment in Chiang Mai, I open my twelfth notebook and count the...
Rodis Died in Las Vegas — the $432,928 Labor Judgment Is Still Sitting There“Don't move.” That is what Rodis's friends shouted when three strangers pushe...
An Empty Dossier in Transfer Season: Notes from a Combat Sports DeskAt 2:14 in the morning, a file dropped into the shared folder of the analysis...
The $382,928 Judgment and the Death of a Boxing 'Mogul': When Court Records Speak Louder Than Police ReportsThe death of Rodis in Las Vegas is a police report. But the $382,928 civil...
A Small Las Vegas Promoter, a $383,000 Judgment and the “Mogul” LabelThree suspects remain at large. The story begins in a parking lot outside a...
Mexican Lucha Libre: A Referee's Death and the Regulatory Void Behind a USD 30,000 SettlementIn a head-drop belonging to the martinete family, the receiver has roughly...
The Death of Slavi Binev and the Three Power Vacuums in Olympic TaekwondoThe opening ceremony of an international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
Slavi Binev shot in Sofia: the cancelled opening ceremony and three power vacuums in Bulgarian taekwondoAt a Sofia venue, 650 athletes from 10 countries were already inside when...
The Slavi Binev case: a criminal file opens, a procurement file stays shutThe opening ceremony of the international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
The Death of Slavi Binev and the Three-Layer Vacuum in European Taekwondo GovernanceSofia, morning. Referees already in position, the sound system tuned, more th...
The Punch After the Bell: A Double Ban and the Blind Spot of Amateur Boxing's SystemThe third chair at the officials' table in Glasgow stayed empty for two full...
When the Label 'Martial Arts' Is Not Enough to Tell a FightA sheet of A4 paper was handed out from the media desk, hurriedly printed on ...
When the Data Goes Silent: Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Test of VerificationAt three in the morning, the screen returned a blank file. Title field: none....
Three Tracks, One Ruler: Lessons From an Empty Combat Sports FileIn the press room of a combat sports venue in Osaka, I opened a file and...
Jin Yong and Three Real Men: When the Page Outweighs the RecordEvery season starts on a morning when nobody is awake yet. Mine started with ...
From the Scale to the Record Book: Vietnam's Martial Arts Data GapAt seven in the morning, in a gym in District 7, the digital scale settles on...
The Scale Weighs Heavier Than the Punch: The Overlooked Equation in Vietnamese Martial ArtsI stood about three meters from the scale, and what I heard most clearly was...
When the Data Goes Silent: Why a 1009-Word Analysis of Thai Martial Arts Cannot Be WrittenIn a small apartment in Chiang Mai, I open my twelfth notebook and count the...
Rodis Died in Las Vegas — the $432,928 Labor Judgment Is Still Sitting There“Don't move.” That is what Rodis's friends shouted when three strangers pushe...
An Empty Dossier in Transfer Season: Notes from a Combat Sports DeskAt 2:14 in the morning, a file dropped into the shared folder of the analysis...
The $382,928 Judgment and the Death of a Boxing 'Mogul': When Court Records Speak Louder Than Police ReportsThe death of Rodis in Las Vegas is a police report. But the $382,928 civil...
A Small Las Vegas Promoter, a $383,000 Judgment and the “Mogul” LabelThree suspects remain at large. The story begins in a parking lot outside a...