Martial Arts
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: Singapore's First Team Fencing Medal and the Two Sides of Its Ledger2026-09-26At 3:20 in the morning, before 42–41 appeared on my laptop screen, I was...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's Épée Team Breaks a Three-Games Wall — but the Korean Ten-Touch Gap Stands2026-09-26OSAKA — Three in the morning. Rain outside, a livestream on the laptop inside...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: The Bronze Singapore's Blades Won, and the Ten Touches Left Behind2026-09-26There were two seconds of silence before the overtime touch lit up the board....
Martial ArtsFrom 41–41 to 42–41 at Aichi Sky Expo: Singapore's First Team Épée Medal, Fencing's Quiet Truth, and the Story of a Misclassification2026-09-26Hook: 41–41, and a Finger's Lock The clock stopped at 41–41 on the blue strip...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: The Fencing Bronze That Cross-Examined Bangladesh's Four Karate Golds2026-09-2642–41. At the Aichi Sky Expo table, the last touch landed in overtime off the...
Martial Arts42–41: The Scoreline That Doesn't Balance in Its Own Arithmetic2026-09-26It is half past midnight. The stream on the laptop screen died long ago; only...
Martial Arts42–41: The Scoreline That Doesn't Balance in Its Own ArithmeticIt is half past midnight. The stream on the laptop screen died long ago; only...
Martial Arts42–41 Does Not Fit a 45-Touch Rule: Reading Singapore's First Team Épée BronzeLast week, past midnight at my desk in Nagoya, I opened the results sheet....
Martial ArtsSingapore's Epee Bronze: One Overtime Touch, Three Medals, and a Ten-Touch WallI left the print desk for fourteen freeze-frames and never looked back. Yet t...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: Singapore's First Team Fencing Medal and the Two Sides of Its LedgerAt 3:20 in the morning, before 42–41 appeared on my laptop screen, I was...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's Épée Team Breaks a Three-Games Wall — but the Korean Ten-Touch Gap StandsOSAKA — Three in the morning. Rain outside, a livestream on the laptop inside...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: The Bronze Singapore's Blades Won, and the Ten Touches Left BehindThere were two seconds of silence before the overtime touch lit up the board....
Martial ArtsFrom 41–41 to 42–41 at Aichi Sky Expo: Singapore's First Team Épée Medal, Fencing's Quiet Truth, and the Story of a MisclassificationHook: 41–41, and a Finger's Lock The clock stopped at 41–41 on the blue strip...
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: The Fencing Bronze That Cross-Examined Bangladesh's Four Karate Golds42–41. At the Aichi Sky Expo table, the last touch landed in overtime off the...