Martial Arts
Martial ArtsTen Touches Beneath a Bronze: How Singapore's Épée Team Measured Its Own Ceiling at the Asian GamesOutside my window the Osaka rain had not stopped, and I was reading the...
Martial ArtsThe Bronze Is Real. The Ten-Touch Wall Against Korea Is Realer.42–41. Overtime. On the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo the clock had almost...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore’s Épée Bronze and Asia’s Price LadderThe score crossed my desk in Kuala Lumpur at one in the morning: Singapore 42...
Martial ArtsOne Touch Won, Ten Touches Short: Singapore's Épée Bronze at Aichi-Nagoya and a Combat Desk Sent to the Wrong AddressI wrote the date in my notebook with care. Aichi Sky Expo, fencing hall, pist...
Martial ArtsFrom 42–41 to 35–45: Singapore's Épée Bronze and the Two Faces of a Medal42–41. Team épée, quarter-final, and that number on the scoreboard trips a...
Martial ArtsThe Arithmetic of Forty-Five Touches: Singapore's Epee Bronze and the Ten-Touch Gap to KoreaIt was 2:40 in the morning in Seoul when I froze a single frame on my laptop...
Martial ArtsThree Medals, a Ten-Touch Gap: The Ledger Behind Singapore's Épée BronzeThe scoreboard read 42–41. The clock had stopped, two fencers were lifting...
Martial Arts42–41: Singapore's First Fencing Medal, and a Number With No WitnessOn the fencing strip at Aichi Sky Expo, the buzzer for the ninth and final bo...
Martial Arts42–41: Aichi's Silent Crowd and the Wall Singapore Finally Broke1. The Sound of the Machine, and the Silence of a Hall The piste at Aichi Sky...
