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What Is UNAA?
The Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association organizes and promotes a worldwide series of Ninja Competitions for athletes of all ages. Participating in an Area Qualifier may allow an athlete to advance to Regional and even National events.Competitions consist of a single long course that scores athletes based on the number of obstacles that they complete.
Do You Have To Be On A Ninja Team To Compete?
No! Participants can register themselves in events through NinjaMasterApp.com. You are not limited to a specific state or region.
So How Do UNAA Competitions Work?
All UNAA Competitions are run on a points system, with three strikes. Every obstacle is worth either one or two points, and if there is a fail (zero points earned), that counts as one strike. After three fails the Ninja may be allowed to keep going until they hit their time limit, but their score stops with their last completed obstacle before the third fail. Time is the tiebreaker.
UNAA competitions have 16 different divisions, 10 of which are for youth competitors and are based on age and gender.
- 7 & Under Boys and 7 & Under Girls
- 9 & Under Boys and 9 & Under Girls
- 11 & Under Boys and 11 & Under Girls
- 13 & Under Boys and 13 & Under Girls
- 15 & Under Boys and 15 & Under Girls
- Amateur Men and Women
- Intermediate Men and Women
- Pro Men and Women
- Masters (Age 40+ and 50+) Men and Women
A competitor's age is their age as of January 1st, 2025. Example - If your son is seven now but turning eight on February 2nd, they still compete the entire season in the 7 & Under Boys division because on 1/1/25 they were still seven years old.
Once students are 16, they must move into the Adult Amateur or Pro divisions. Athletes may also elect to compete in Adult divisions early, as long as they are 14.
There are four levels of competition that a Ninja has to get through to be a World Champion
- Area Qualifiers. These events run from September through March. The top 3 in each Division or 50% (whichever is higher) qualify for the next phase.
- Regional Qualifiers. They run from April to June. The top 3 in each division, or 20% qualify for the World Championship Preliminaries
- World Championship Preliminaries. This is a single event held in July in Dallas (2025). The top 15 or 20% of finishers move on to the World Championship Finals
- World Championship Finals. These are also in Dallas, a day or two after the Prelims.