Karate Championships & Tournaments

 

The Participations of Shihan Adnan Tarsha's Teams in the Local, Area and International Karate Championships and Tournaments

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- Lebanon Championship in Beirut 1975
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Lebanon Championship in Beirut 1978
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Kuwait University Championship 1981
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6th Saudi Arabia Championship in Riyadh 1981
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Kuwait Championship 1981
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7th Saudi Arabia Championship in Riyadh 1982
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3rd World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo 1984
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4th World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo 1987
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School Karate Championship 1991
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Lebanon North Championship 1995
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6th World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo 1995
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1st Middle East Karate Tournament in Beirut 1996
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Syr-Lebanon Tournament 1997
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Several Tournaments& Lebanon North Tournament 1998
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2nd Middle East Karate Tournament in Beirut 1998
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1st Liberation International Karate Tournament in Kuwait 2000
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Lebanon Cup Championship 2000
- Lebanon South Championship 2000
- 3rd Middle East Karate Tournament in Beirut 2001
- 2nd Liberation International Karate Tournament-Kuwait 2002

- 8th World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo 2003
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3rd Liberation International Karate Tournament in Kuwait 2004
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1st Gulf Kyokushin Karate Tournament in Bahrain 2005
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Lebanon-North Championship in Tripoli 2005
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Champions Day in Alkhobar-Saudi Arabia 2005
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1st Alameer Tae Kwon Do Tournament 2005
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Kingdom Open Karate Tournament 2005
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1st Elite Kyokushin Karate Championship 2006
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Filipino Int'l. Martial Arts Tournament 2006
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2nd Martial Arts Sports Intern'l Tournament 2006
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1st King Fahd University Karate Tournament 2006
Sensei Muhammad Tarsha in 50 Man Fighting 2006
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The Heroes Day-Kyokushin General Tournament 2006
-  2nd Elite Kyokushin Karate Championships 2007
- Abdulaziz Tarsha in 40 Man Fighting 2007
- 3rd Arabian Kyokushin Karate Tournament in Tunisia 2007
- 2nd King Fahd University Open Karate Tournament 2007
- 9th World Open Karate Tournament in Tokyo 2007
-  3rd Elite Kyokushin Karate Championships 2008
- 1st Prince Sultan University Open Karate Tournament 2008

 

Lebanon Championship in 1975 

In 1975 he participated by a team of four fighters of his students in Lebanon Championship which held on the theatre of UNISCO in Beirut, he was also a judge and presented a demonstration.

   

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Lebanon Black Belt Championship in 1978

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

   

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Kuwait University Championship in 1981

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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The Sixth Saudi Arabia Championship in 1981

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

   

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The Kuwait Championship in 1981

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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The Seventh Saudi Arabia Championship in 1982

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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The Third World Karate Tournament in 1984

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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 The Fourth World Karate Tournament in 1987

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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The School Karate Championship in 1991

In 1991 he organized a school Karate tournament in one of the private schools were he teach its students, he also presented in this tournament some Karate demonstrations, also his son Mohammad presented some other Karate demonstrations and participated as a competitor and win the third place in this tournament.

   

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The Lebanon North Championship in 1995

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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The Sixth World Karate Tournament in 1995

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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The First Middle East Tournament in 1996

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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The Syr Tournament in 1997

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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Several Tournaments in Lebanon in 1998

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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The Second Middle East Tournament in 1998

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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The First Liberation International Tournament in 2000

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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The Lebanon Cup Championship in 2000

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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The Lebanon South Championship in 2000

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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The Third Middle East Tournament in 2001

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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The Second Liberation International Tournament in 2002

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.

A number of Arab and other countries like: Iran, Kazakhstan, Japan, Singapore, Philippine, South Africa, Spain, England, and Poland; were participated in this tournament. 

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

   

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The 8th World Tournament in Tokyo 2003

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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The Third Liberation International Tournament in 2004

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:

Light Weight Middle Weight Heavy Weight Open Weight
1- Yuzo Suzuki
    (Japan)
1- Javiar Lezcano
    (Spain)
1- Johann Herbst
    (South Africa)
1- Michael Martinez
    (USA)
2- Abdullah Albanwan
    (Kuwait)
2- Andries Mokwena
    (South Africa)
2- Pablo Estensoro
    (Spain)
2- Haitham Maqseed
    (Kuwait)
3- Fahad Alsinsi
    (Bahrain)
3- Tham Boon Kit
    (Singapore)
3- Ziad Abbas
    (Lebanon)
3- Hani Suwaidan
    (Kuwait)
4- Artemio Mancol
    (Philippine)
4- Milos Maric
    (Serbia)
4- Nathan Howat
    (canada)
4- Stoyko Kolev
    (Bulgaria)
   

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The First Gulf Kyokushin Tournament in Bahrain 2005

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 Karate 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 Sh. Fawaz bin Mohammad Al Khalifa.

A number of fighters from Gulf countries participated in this tournament  Shihan Tarsha participated by a Saudi team, two of them won the 3rd place in their categories, also participated by two of his Dojo operators as judges. The tournament televised live by Bahrain sport channel.

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

   

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Lebanon-North Championship in Tripoli 2005

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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The Champions Day in Alkhobar - Saudi Arabia 2005

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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The First Alameer Tae Kwon Do Tournament in Riyadh 2005

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 Kingdom Open Tournament in 2005

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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The 1st Elite Kyokushin Karate Championship 2006

Shihan Adnan Tarsha organized in Riyadh January 19, 2006, the 1st Elite Kyokushin Karate 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.

Under 70 kg

Fighter Name

Instructor Name Place of Training
1 Rakan Aldebasi Adnan Tarsha Alameer Sport Center/Riyadh
2 Raed Almotairi Adnan Tarsha Alameer Sport Center/Riyadh
3 Fahd Altoub Adnan Tarsha Alameer Sport Center/Riyadh