The Saudi Arabia Karate Team achieved – during their participation in the 3rd Gulf Games in Kuwait which lasted 3 days on May 31/30/29, 2022 AD – 7 gold, silver and bronze medals. positions and medals during their participation in a supervised course in which the team trains the kata and fights of Munir Afkir and Reda Youssef.
Al-Akhdar won the gold medal in the “battle” competition: Sultan Al-Zahrani in the 75 kg division after defeating Kuwaiti Omar Al-Janai 4-2 and Omani Muhammad Al-Kindi 4-0, and Faraj Al-Nashiri in the division up to 84 kg after defeating Bahraini Salem Al-Jumaa 6-1, Tariq Hamdi in weight over 85 kg after defeating Kuwaiti Mohammed Al-Majadi 2-1 and Fahd Al-Khatami in weight up to 67 kg after defeating Kuwaiti Musa Hassan 8- 4, and silver was won by: Yasser Al-Barki in the weight category up to 55 kg after losing in the final against the Kuwaiti Sultan Al-Mutairi 3-0 and Bader Al-Otaibi in the weight category up to 60 kg after losing in the final against the Kuwaiti Abdullah Shaaban 4-2,
And Misfer Al-Asmari won bronze in the kata competition after he beat Ali Al-Raisi of Oman by 24.60 points to 24.02 points.
