Martial Arts
The 42–41 Puzzle: Singapore's Épée Bronze, Relay Depth and the Arithmetic of 45 TouchesOne Touch in Overtime One minute of overtime. The piste is fourteen metres lo...
The Sword's Ledger: Singapore's Bronze and Our Empty ColumnThe final touch landed in a restless second, and the scoreboard froze at 42-4...
42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's First Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch WallThe clock on the piste at Aichi Sky Expo stopped at 41–41. In the tie-break,...
One Overtime Touch and a Ten-Touch Wall: What Singapore's Fencing Bronze Actually Measured42–41. The clock had run out, but the bout had not. The decisive touch in...
Not 42–41 but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Where the Narrative Loses to the LedgerI was there when the 145th gold made Facebook feel like a stadium. August 202...
One Touch and Ten: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Unread Margin in FencingOne Touch and Ten: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Unread Margin in Fencing...
The Price of a Blade: From 42–41 to 35–45 — What Singapore's Bronze Bought, and What It Did NotIn a combat hall in Kuala Lumpur in 2026, I wrote the first Deal Sheet in my...
The Sword's Ledger: Singapore's Bronze and Our Empty ColumnThe final touch landed in a restless second, and the scoreboard froze at 42-4...
42–41, Then 35–45: Singapore's First Épée Bronze and the Ten-Touch WallThe clock on the piste at Aichi Sky Expo stopped at 41–41. In the tie-break,...
One Overtime Touch and a Ten-Touch Wall: What Singapore's Fencing Bronze Actually Measured42–41. The clock had run out, but the bout had not. The decisive touch in...
Not 42–41 but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Where the Narrative Loses to the LedgerI was there when the 145th gold made Facebook feel like a stadium. August 202...
One Touch and Ten: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Unread Margin in FencingOne Touch and Ten: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Unread Margin in Fencing...
The Price of a Blade: From 42–41 to 35–45 — What Singapore's Bronze Bought, and What It Did NotIn a combat hall in Kuala Lumpur in 2026, I wrote the first Deal Sheet in my...