Competitions

What is a Ninja competition?

A ninja competition is an event that is hosted by a Ninja gym. The host gym designs courses for participants. Courses are a series of obstacles in succession. Athletes receive points based on how many obstacles they successfully complete within the course time limit. 

Competition courses are designed to test athletes’ balance, strength and speed. The goal is to successfully complete the most obstacles in the quickest time. Competitions are an amazing chance for athletes to test the skills that they have learned in a structured environment, have fun or advance to future competitions.

Competitions have different registration requirements. Many are open to all interested participants! When an athlete registers for a competition, they will be required to select their appropriate age and sex group. Prior to the competition, the host gym will provide a run order for registered athletes. This indicates when your athlete’s group runs, and when their specific event will be.

Fitset Ninja at Competitions

Fitset Ninja athletes and coaches participate in competitions on a local, national and international level. Our team consistently performs exceptionally well on the competitive stage, thanks to our high caliber of training and supportive team.

Fitset Ninja encourages our athletes to experience competitions hosted by other facilities. We believe that this is a phenomenal training experience for our athletes. When we have athletes competing at a specific event, we do our best to ensure that our coaches are available to support them in person.

Fitset Ninja Hosted Competitions

Our Edmonton and Calgary facilities both host competitions throughout the year. Fitset Ninja hosts competitions on behalf of the Canadian Ninja League (CNL) and the Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association (UNAA). Our competition schedule is designed to give athletes the opportunity to qualify for finals in each of the CNL and UNAA leagues.

UNAA Las Vegas 2022 Competition Highlights

CNL vs. UNAA: League Differences

Canadian Nationals

CNL is the governing body in Canada for Ninja. CNL hosts the Canadian Nationals and defines the rules that most competitions in Canada run under. From CNL Nationals you may be eligible to qualify for a world’s event, run by the National Ninja League (NNL) in the United States. 

UNAA does not host a national event for Canada. But it does host a world's event in the States. 

Age Category

Both CNL and UNAA base the athlete age category that you compete in on the athlete’s age on January 1st of the current year.

Membership

For CNL, your athlete must purchase a membership before competing in order to potentially qualify during a CNL competition. For UNAA events, there is no additional membership purchase required.

Retries & Fails

In both leagues, you get one attempt at each obstacle before you must move on to the next one regardless of if you completed or failed. However in CNL competitions, athletes get 1 retry that they can use on any obstacle that they did not complete and would like to try again, but they must decide to use it immediately after failing the obstacle, before moving to the next one. 

For UNAA, there is a “three fails rule,” meaning if the athlete fails any three obstacles in the course, then their run is over. The host gym may let the athlete finish the remaining obstacles ‘for fun’, but they will not count towards the athlete’s end score. 

For both leagues, the athlete’s run will end once they’ve attempted the last obstacle, or have run out of time.

Course Requirements

The CNL has a variety of competition formats for season 5, including Standard (Classic, Speed, Strength), Skills (challenges) and Scramble. The formats will vary in number of obstacles as well as time limit.

UNAA courses must contain at least 3 upper body, 3 lower body and one balance obstacle with a minimum of 10 total obstacles and a maximum of 15.

2024 Competitions

May 4-5 - WNL @ Life Force Ninja (Bellingham, WA)

May 25 - UNAA @ Fitset Ninja YEG (Edmonton, AB)

May 31-Jun 2 - CNL @ Nickel City Ninjas (Sudbury, ON)

Jun 21-23 - WNL @ Greensboro, NC

Jul 24-28 - UNAA @ Anaheim, CA

October 6 - CNL Stage 1 @ Fitset Ninja YEG (Edmonton, AB)

October 19 - CNL Stage 1 @ Fitset Ninja YYC (Calgary, AB)