Suffolk County Legislator Steven Flotteron recognized Sensei Mostafa Elrakabawy on winning a silver medal at the 2019 World Karate Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Sensei has earned a medal at the world championships four years in a row; 2016, he won gold in Ireland; 2017, gold in Italy; and in 2018, gold in Scotland. He is the Chief Instructor of the Grand Champions International Karate School in Bay Shore. While coaching, he has seen many talented USA athletes who competed with all their hearts bringing home 66 medals thus elevating the sport of karate in the United States.