Ninja Carolina League Season 5 in Full Swing

The Ninja Carolina League (NCL) kicked off in September with competitions at Warrior Tech Raleigh and Warrior Zone.  October and November offer five more opportunities to compete that started with USA Ninja Challenge in Durham followed by Beast Ninja in Myrtle Beach.  The next three are super close to home…

• October 26-27 at Rock Solid Warrior – Fuquay
• November 2 at Element Ninja Academy (kids only) – Clayton
• November 16 at Rock Solid Warrior – South Apex

The Ninja Carolina League (NCL) is continuing to grow as the sport grows.  At Rock Solid Warrior, in addition to serving our local community well, one of our goals has been to help the Sport of Ninja grow.  We’re particularly excited that we helped launch the ninja program that is now taking on a life of its own at Element Ninja Academy in Clayton, and we hope to assist others to do the same in the future in a variety of ways (learn more here!).

Our regional league has led the way for other regional leagues by being the first to recognize the need for both Beginner and Advanced divisions in every age group.  This year, we’ve taken the lead again by using the Ninja Sport Championship (NSC) hybrid course rules for the 13+_pro division. Now the top local athletes can use our local competitions as a training ground for the eight Ninja Sport Championship (NSC) qualifiers around the country that start in November.

The goals of the Ninja Carolina League have always included:

1. To be an encouraging place to introduce new people to the sport of Ninja
2. Provide a community where all ninja athletes in the Carolinas can compete at their level without having to travel far.

In addition to the change in the 13+_pro division, this year, we’ve made a couple of other adjustments to continue to meet those goals.

We’ve recognized that the national leagues heat up in the spring and many of our top athletes begin to focus on qualifying for the national finals of those leagues with athletes from other areas.

We’ve also recognized that many new budding ninja athletes tend to enter the sport in the fall and winter when they are not quite ready to compete – even at our beginner level.  Other beginners are just beginning to feel more confident competing towards the end of our seasons that had traditionally ended in April, while still not ready to compete in the more advanced divisions.

Therefore, we’ve split the NCL into two seasons…

The Fall/Winter season will be more compact and feature all divisions, ending in January so the more advanced athletes can give there all preparing for the NCL finals at the end of January, then take a short rest as they get ready to go for the national qualifications.  This also allows those who were classified as beginners and had great success to also consider trying to qualify for one or more of the national leagues.

We will be adding a Spring Season (March-May) with beginner divisions only, inviting those who are now ready to compete – or need a little more time at the beginner level – to have a place to do so locally.  The schedule for the Spring Season will be determined in early December.

In the meantime, you can catch all the Carolina competition schedules (and learn about the bigger professional events of interest) at the Ninja Carolina League Season 5 (2024-25) and more schedule.