Martial Arts
Martial Arts42–41 and 35–45: Where Singapore's Fencing Bronze Was Won, and Where the Wall Showed Up2026-09-26Aichi Sky Expo, September 2026. Women's team épée, quarter-final. On strip tw...
Martial ArtsThe Last Touch on the Épée Piste: Singapore's First Team Bronze in Nagoya, and the Ledger of a Misclassified Sport2026-09-26The evening of September 26, 2026, at the fencing hall of Aichi Sky Expo....
Martial ArtsBronze on the Piste, a Gap in the Ledger: Where Singapore's Épée Team Really Stands2026-09-26Two in the morning in Chattogram. I am at my desk alone, watching a scoreboar...
Martial ArtsOne Touch of History, Ten Touches of Distance: Reading Singapore's Épée Bronze Broke My Own Taxonomy2026-09-26I did not watch it live. The Aichi Sky Expo is a forty-minute train ride from...
Martial ArtsNot 42–41, but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Has a Balance Sheet, and Korea Holds It2026-09-26Not 42–41, but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Has a Balance Sheet, and Kor...
42–41 and 35–45: Where Singapore's Fencing Bronze Was Won, and Where the Wall Showed UpAichi Sky Expo, September 2026. Women's team épée, quarter-final. On strip tw...
Bronze on the Piste, a Gap in the Ledger: Where Singapore's Épée Team Really StandsTwo in the morning in Chattogram. I am at my desk alone, watching a scoreboar...
One Touch of History, Ten Touches of Distance: Reading Singapore's Épée Bronze Broke My Own TaxonomyI did not watch it live. The Aichi Sky Expo is a forty-minute train ride from...
Not 42–41, but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Has a Balance Sheet, and Korea Holds ItNot 42–41, but 35–45: Singapore's Fencing Bronze Has a Balance Sheet, and Kor...
42–41 and Then 35–45: How Singapore's Épée Bronze Broke My Fight-Desk MapThe sound that came off the pistes at Aichi Sky Expo is not the sound of a...
The Scoreline That Does Not Add Up: Singapore's First Épée Team Medal and the Honest Ten-Touch GapAt the Aichi Sky Expo piste that evening the stands made noise, but nobody in...
42–41: A Bronze Where the Clock Stopped — and the Real Ledger of Singapore's Fencing BladeHook I rewatched the moment until the crowd noise stopped mattering. At the...
42–41, the Overtime Touch: What the Fencing Scoreboard Says, and What It HidesI rewatched the moment until the crowd noise stopped mattering. Aichi Sky Exp...
The Last Touch on the Épée Piste: Singapore's First Team Bronze in Nagoya, and the Ledger of a Misclassified SportThe evening of September 26, 2026, at the fencing hall of Aichi Sky Expo....
One Touch Into History: Singapore's Team Epee Bronze, 42-41, and the Names the Scoreboard Left OutThe Seven Seconds Before the Board Read 42-41 In the event hall at Aichi Sky...
The Geometry of the Blade: Singapore's First Medal and the Ten-Touch WallAt two in the morning I froze a seven-second relay leg on my monitor, and at...
The 45-Touch Clock and 42–41: Inside Singapore's First Épée Team Bronze at Aichi Sky ExpoThe last hour in the fencing hall at Aichi Sky Expo. Beside the strip, a...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Numbers That Tell the Truth About Singapore's Épée BronzeOn the last page of my spiral notebook, that March evening in 2026 is still...