Asian Geographic - 08.2018

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Thai and Korean athletes contest the ball at the Men’s Beach Sepak Takraw final of the 2014 Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailan ...

With four new martial arts introduced into this year’s Asiad lineup, viewers can expect a slew of similarly intense grappling ma ...

ILLUSTRATIONS ADAPTED FROM SHUTTERSTOCK Mat EtiquEttE At most martial arts competitions and sometimes even during sparring pract ...

An ancient South Asian game invented some 5,000 years ago to improve self-defence and hunting reflexes, kabaddi was formalised i ...

Originating from the Malay Archipelago, pencak silat, or silat Melayu, has developed over 100 styles and techniques across South ...

below Paragliders take off into the air toP right Indonesian jet ski champion Aero Aswar, an ambassador for the 2018 Asiad, race ...

Jet skis first developed from the “water scooters” of the mid-1950s, which were pretty much what their name suggests: scooters m ...

The vast Asian continent is home to a multitude of regional games, providing geographical clusters of countries the opportunity ...

south asian gaMes Frequency: Mostly every two years First Games: 1984, Nepal Past Games: 12 Countries: 8 Organiser: South Asian ...

feature | feature | aSian gameSaSian gameS skateboarding There are two types of skateboarding, Street and Park. The street cours ...

left Kov practises skate tricks after work at Factor y Phnom Penh, a creative hub that houses Cambodia’s first public skate park ...

feature | aSean At 59 years old – an age where most athletes, able-bodied or otherwise, have long retired from sports – Kalai Va ...

the 2018 asian Para gaMes: stats 2 previous Asian Para Games have been held 17 Paralympic and non-Paralympic sports 4,000 athlet ...

feature | aSean Former champion boxer Syed Abdul Kadir remembers his experience competing at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok. Fr ...

ILLUSTRATION ADAPTED FROM SHUTTERSTOCKK “On the international front, the two sides agreed to demonstrate their collective wisdom ...

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Casual Beginnings ASEAN was born of conflict. But it was at the dinner table and golf course where it truly took shape, formed f ...

It started at a banquet in 1960s Jakarta, Text Rachel Genevieve Chia Photos various contributors the same city that today hosts ...