He participated in the black belt tournament in Beirut as judge and presented a demonstration by (Nunchaku).

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In 1981 he received an invitation to travel to Kuwait for refereeing the Kuwait University Championship which took place on 11/2/1981.

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He has participated by his team in the Sixth Saudi Arabia Karate Championship which took place in 23/4/1981.

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He received an invitation to travel to Kuwait for refereeing the championship of Kuwait which took place in 24/12/1981. 

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Adnan Tarsha has also participated by his team in the seventh Saudi Arabia Karate Championship which took place in 19/4/1982.

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In 1984 he traveled to Japan to attend the third world Karate tournament as a special guest by the official invitation from master Oyama the founder of Kyokushin Karate. The tournament took place on 20-22/1/1984. 

In the concluding day he has been called to go on the ring and then Oyama presented to him a plate for his presence at this world tournament. 

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In 1987 he traveled to Japan to attend the 4th world Karate tournament as a special guest by an invitation from master Oyama the founder of Kyokushin Karate. the tournament took place on 6-8/11/1987.

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In 1991 he organized the First Kyokushin Championship in Saudi Arabia in a private school. He also presented in this tournament some demonstrations, also his son Mohammad presented some other demonstrations and participated as a competitor and win the third place in this Championship.

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In 1995 he traveled to Lebanon where he refereeing the Lebanon North Championship, also he presented the cups and medals to the winners. The Championship took place on 11/8/1995.

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In 1995 he traveled to Japan to attend the 6th world Karate tournament and he participated in the international meeting of the branches chiefs from all over the world. The tournament was on 3-5/11/1995.

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In 11/8/1996 he participated in the First Middle East Tournament as a main referee and as a member of the supreme committee of the tournament.

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On 13/ 7/ 1997 he was invited by the branch chief of Lebanon to attend and to refereeing the tournament which took place in the city of Syr, he was also the chairman of the judges.

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In 1998 he traveled to Lebanon and his program was full of Karate tournaments; in addition to the Second Middle East Tournament which is going to take place shortly; there were four tournaments in his schedule: The first was in Beirut, and the second was in Tripoli where the Lebanon North Tournament took place, and his children participated in this tournament as competitors and they win: Mohammad win the first place, and Abdulaziz win the second place. The third tournament was in Saida where the Lebanon South Tournament took place, and the fourth tournament was in Tripoli where the North Clubs Tournament took place. He  presented the cups and medals and certificates to the winners in all of these tournaments.

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In 22-23/8/1998 the Second Middle East Tournament took place in Beirut. Adnan Tarsha was the chairman of judges committee and a main referee in addition to his position in the supreme committee of the tournament. A number of Arab countries participated in this tournament, and also two of his students participated as competitors one of them was his son Mohammad who win the third place, and the other was Ahmad Al-Saadoun. 

This tournament was televised live by the Television.

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As he is the Second Man in the Middle East Kyokushin Karate Organization he received an invitation to travel to Kuwait to be a member of the supreme committee of the First Liberation International Tournament which took place on 22-23/2/2000.

He also was a main referee in this tournament which a number of Arab and other countries like: Japan, Singapore, Philippine, South Africa, Spain, Poland and Iran; were participated. 

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In 2000 he traveled to Lebanon; during his stay in Lebanon he participated in several Karate activities; he received an invitation from the branch chief In Lebanon, and from the Secretary General of the Lebanese Karate Federation for the “Lebanon Cup Championship" which held in the North of Lebanon on July 2, 2000.

During the Championship they call him to go on the ring were they tribute him by a Lebanese Parliament Candidate who presented a gift to him as he is the Oldest Kyokushin Karate Instructor in the Middle East, and for his efforts in teaching this Karate Style in Lebanon and in the other countries.

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In the same year 2000 Adnan Tarsha received an invitation from the Secretary General of the Lebanese Karate Federation and from the organizers of the “Lebanon South Championship” which held on July 14, 2000. Chairman Sleiman was invited too and he discussed with Adnan Tarsha and planed for the Fifth Middle East Camp.

At the end of this Championship; Tarsha and Sleiman presented the Medals and the Certificates to the Winners.

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In 27-28/7/2001 the Third Middle East Tournament took place in Beirut. It was attended too by Shihan Peter Chong the responsible of Asia and the Middle East in the International Committee of the International Karate Organization. A number of Arab countries participated in this tournament like Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, and Palestine. 

This tournament was televised live by the Television.

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As he is the Supreme Adviser of the International Karate Organization in the Middle East he received an invitation to travel to Kuwait to be a member of the supreme committee of the Second Liberation International Tournament which took place on 27-28/2/2002.

He was also a main referee in this tournament which organized by the Kuwait branch chief Sensei Bahaa Omran.

Kancho Matsui also attended this tournament which televised live by the Television.

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After appointing him as the team manager of the Middle East which is participating in the 8th World Tournament, he traveled to Tokyo to accompany the team and to supervise it during the days of this tournament.

The tournament last three days: Saturday, Sunday and Monday November 1-3, 2003. A day before the tournament a refereeing and judging seminar was held, then the international meeting of the branches chiefs from all over the world, Kancho Matsui lead the meeting along with the international committee.

240 competitors from all over the world participated in this tournament and the results were as following:

1: Hitoshi Kiyama - Japan.
2. Sergey Plekhanov - Russia
3. Ewerton Teixeira - Brazil.
4. Glaube Feitosa - Brazil.
5. Lechi Kurbanov - Russia.
6. Yasuhiko Kimura - Japan.
7. Sergey Osipov - Russia.
8. Hiroyuki Kidachi - Japan.

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In 2004 Adnan Tarsha participated as a member of the supreme committee in The Third Liberation International Tournament which took place on 19-20/2/2004. The tournament organized by the Kuwait branch chief Sensei Bahaa Omran.

A number of Arab and other countries like: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, USA, Japan, Singapore, Philippine, South Africa, Spain, England, Serbia, Canada, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, and Nepal; were participated in this tournament. The results were as following:

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Adnan Tarsha had participated as a main referee and a member of the supreme committee with Shihan Peter Chong member of international committee and Shihan Hussein Suleiman, in The First Gulf Kyokushin Tournament which held on 2/3/2005. The tournament organized by Sensei Hussein Aldurazi the branch chief of International Karate Organization in Bahrain under the patronage of Sheikh Fawaz bin Muhammad Al Khalifa.

Adnan Tarsha presented a copy of one of his books to the winners, organizers, branches chiefs and instructors.

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Adnan Tarsha had participated as a member of the executive committee and presented certificates to winners in the Lebanon-North Championship which organized by the Lebanese Karate Federation in Tripoli in 23/7/2005. 

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Two instructors belongs to the branch chief Adnan Tarsha: Sensei Rabih Yahya and Sensei Mohammad Adnan Tarsha had organized a fighting meeting between their teams in the name of "The Champions Day". Some other clubs wished to participate too; so the participants reached 60 students.  

The referees of the fights were both instructors, also Sensei Mohammad Tarsha presented a self defense demonstration, then Sensei Rabih Yahay presented a breaking demonstration. At the end the medals delivered to the participants in the presence of two responsibles from the Saudi Karate Federation in the eastern province: Mr. Ibrahim Alboali and Mr. Yousof Algamidi. A big number of people came to watch this fighting meeting which held in the diamond club in Alkhobar in 5/8/2005. 

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Adnan Tarsha received an invitation for the first Alameer Tae Kwon Do Tournament from Mr. Muhammad Alameer the owner of Alameer sport center. The tournament held on 19-20/10/2005. 13 teams from around Saudi Arabia participated in this tournament.

In the final day; Adnan Tarsha delivered the cups and medals to the winners besides Mr. Saad AL-khleiwi, the general secretary of the Saudi Tae Kwon Do & Judo Federation and Mr. Abdulilah Addlak, member of the administration board.

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The branch of Shihan Adnan Tarsha participated in the Kingdom Open Tournament held in Aljubail in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia on April 27-28 2005. The branch participated by a team of (4) fighters who they are students of Sensei Muhammad Adnan Tarsha in the King Fahd University.

The Saudi Karate Federation granted Sensei Muhammad Tarsha an appreciation certificate for his sharing in organizing this tournament as representative of King Fahd University.

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Shihan Adnan Tarsha organized in Riyadh January 19, 2006, the 1st Elite Kyokushin Championship of the year 2006 between the nomination fighters. Before that Shihan Tarsha was requested from his Dojo operators to nominate their fighters to participate in the tournaments of the new year 2006. The following is the list of the participators names of Adnan Tarsha's branch who submitted a nomination forms. Some of them had participated in local and area tournaments in the past year like: Kingdom Open Tournament which organized by Saudi Arabian Karate Federation, and the First Kyokushin Gulf Tournament in Bahrain.

The winners of this championship were as following:

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The branch of Shihan Adnan Tarsha won the 2nd place in the 15th Filipino Int'l. Martial Arts Brotherhood Tournament held in the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on April 14 & 21, 2006. This winning was made by Shihan Tarsha's Filipino student Joey Cabaya after 5 matches.

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The team of Shihan Adnan Tarsha won in the 2nd Martial Arts Sports International Tournament held in Riyadh on May 12, 2006.

The team was as following:

Shihan Adnan Tarsha/president.

Sensei Abdullah Tarsha/team manager & coach.

Senpai Abdulaziz Tarsha/team manager assistance.

1- Abdulaziz Tarsha/fighter.
2- Naif Al- Hoty/fighter.
3- Abdulaziz Slaim/fighter.
4- Ahmad Al-Mhawiss/fighter.
5- Ahmad Al-Tamimi/fighter.

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The branch of Shihan Adnan Tarsha organized the 1st King Fahd University Kyokushin Tournament in Dhahran on Wednesday May 24, 2006. Sensei Muhammad Tarsha the university Karate instructor was the organizer under the supervision of the university students affairs. The tournament was attended by a number of the university responsible and students, and Karate instructors of the area.

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Shihan Adnan Tarsha organized on Tuesday June 13, 2006. a special occasion for his son Sensei Muhammad Tarsha "The instructor of King Fahd University" to fight 50 sequent matches, one minute for each.

Sensei Muhammad Tarsha waded this big fighting and was very successful more than expected. He recorded by that the first Karate achievement of this kind in the Arab World, and performed one of the requirements for the rank of black belt 4th Dan.

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The Heroes Day-Kyokushin General Tournament held in Al-Khobar of Saudi Arabia on June 29, 2006. (48) fighters from different cities participated in this tournament.

The participators were in 8 teams as following:

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