The ninja challenge that fits in your living room. Play the digital game, then design and print your own obstacle course and run it wherever you are — backyard, gym, hallway, driveway.
No backyard required. No stand to visit. Everything ships to your screen and your printer in about 30 seconds.
Choose a digital game, a printable course kit, or the full Course Designer pack. Instant download, yours forever.
Instant DownloadMix and match obstacle cards to build a course that fits your space. Print the signs, scorecards, and finish-line banner.
Any Space WorksSet the timer, run your course, log it on the scorecard. Beat your tier's target and print your own champion certificate.
Certificate IncludedEvery kit is built in three tiers, modeled on how real ninja leagues split their age divisions. Same course. Three totally different battles.
Everything is digital. Buy it, download it, play it or print it the same minute — no shipping, no waiting, nothing to run out of.
Run the whole course in your browser. Tap to jump, swing, and hit the buzzer before the popsicle melts. No download, no login, no ads.
36 obstacle cards, 18 movement cards, blank build-your-own cards, and a course planning worksheet. Build a brand-new course every single time.
25+ printables: invitations, course signs, cupcake toppers, medals, bracket sheets, favor tags, and the Wall of Champions poster.
Run a real competition: bracket sheets, judge scorecards, three-tier timing charts, tie-breaker rules, and printable podium medals.
The starter deck — 24 shuffle-and-go obstacle cards. Draw five, run what you drew. The cheapest way to try the whole system.
Olivia's own design templates — grid pages, safety checklists, difficulty scales, and a build log to plan courses like a real course designer.
The only things we ship in a box. Printed to order and mailed straight to you.
The full fire-and-ice logo on a soft cotton tee. Youth and adult sizes so the whole family can match on race day.
A mini rocket-pop charm with the logo on the back. Clip it to a backpack, a water bottle, or your gym bag zipper.
Holds your course cards, chalk, water bottle, and a change of socks. Printed with the Snack Ninja Warrior mark.
Want a course built for your exact space? Send us your room, yard, or hallway dimensions and Olivia designs a custom course around it — delivered as a printable plan you build yourself.
Every design is reviewed by a grown-up for safety before it goes out, and every plan comes with a landing-and-fall-zone checklist.
Olivia started Snack Ninja Warrior with a backyard, a stopwatch, and one stubborn idea: a snack tastes better when you earn it. The first version was a real obstacle course in her front yard, where neighborhood kids raced for a popsicle. It worked — and then it hit a wall. Only kids who could physically show up could ever play.
So she rebuilt the whole thing. Now the course is a design, not a place. Olivia draws the obstacles, writes the rules, and packages them as printable kits and a browser game, so a kid in any city can build the same course out of whatever they already have — couch cushions, sidewalk chalk, a jump rope, a laundry basket.
She studies how real ninja leagues write their rules — how UNAA scores obstacles, why American Ninja Warrior gives you exactly one try — and builds those ideas into her tiers so the challenge feels like the real thing. Her parents handle the boring grown-up parts: the payments, the printer, and the safety review on every course plan. Olivia handles the fun parts, which is most of it.
Every dollar goes back into the business. Next on the list: a two-player head-to-head version of the game. 🥷
Questions about a kit, a custom course, a bulk order for a school or camp, or a press request — this all goes to the same inbox, and a grown-up reads it first.
Download the kit. Build the course. Beat the buzzer. Wherever you are.
Get the Games & KitsEvery ninja league scores runs differently. This is a plain-language breakdown of the real organizations — who they are, how they score, what counts as a fail, and how a kid actually gets from a local gym to a world championship.
Leagues disagree about a lot. These seven things are close to universal, and if you learn only one section of this page, learn this one.
There are two kinds of groups in this sport, and mixing them up is the most common beginner mistake. Competition leagues (UNAA, WNL) run scored events with rulebooks. Training programs (NinjaZone, USA Ninja Challenge) are classes at a gym where you build skills — no scored competition ladder.
The single most useful thing to understand: these leagues do not score the same way, so a run that wins under one system can lose under another.
| Organization | Type | Youngest | How You're Scored | Retries? | Obstacles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNAA | Competition league | 6 | Points first, time breaks ties | No — 3-fail cap | 10–15 |
| WNL (ex-NNL) | Competition league | 6 | Combined placement across two course types | Up to 2 on Challenge Course | 10–20 |
| American Ninja Warrior | TV competition | 15 | Furthest and fastest — elimination | None | 6–8 per stage, varies |
| ANW Junior | TV competition | 9 | Head-to-head brackets | None | Varies |
| USA Ninja Assoc. | National federation | 6 | Two-lane racing to head-to-head finals | Not published | 10–12 at Worlds |
| NinjaZone | Training program | 4 | Skill levels, not scored runs | It's class — yes | Curriculum-based |
| USA Ninja Challenge | Training program | 2.5 | Six-level curriculum | It's class — yes | Curriculum-based |
This is the part most people don't know yet, and it's the biggest thing to happen to obstacle sport.
In October 2023, the IOC confirmed Modern Pentathlon on the LA 2028 Olympic program with its horse-riding discipline replaced by an obstacle discipline — a head-to-head obstacle sprint that press coverage widely compared to Ninja Warrior. The LA 2028 pentathlon is now fencing, swimming, laser run, and obstacle. This is a ratified decision, not a proposal.
On March 15, 2026, members of World Obstacle (FISO) — the international federation for ninja and obstacle sports across 100+ countries — voted 96.2% in favor to dissolve the federation and merge into UIPM, the Modern Pentathlon federation. Effective August 10, 2026, UIPM becomes the sole IOC-recognized governing body for obstacle sports worldwide, with national federations transitioning through the end of 2027.
Short version: much less than you'd expect. Read this part with a parent.
There is no government safety standard written specifically for home or backyard ninja rigs. The playground standard most people cite, ASTM F1487, covers public playground equipment and explicitly does not apply to home equipment. The one that does apply to backyard gear is ASTM F1148, the home playground equipment standard, which the Consumer Product Safety Commission references — but it was written for swings, slides, and climbers, long before warped walls and salmon ladders existed. It applies to ninja rigs only by analogy.
That means the specific numbers you'll find online — mat thicknesses, fall-zone distances — come from equipment companies and gyms as best practice, not from regulators. Treat them as sensible advice rather than a certified standard, and when in doubt, be more cautious than the number.
Wrists and ankles take the most damage, from hanging and from landing. The obstacles most associated with injury are dynamic swings between bars (laches), the warped wall, and the salmon ladder — plus, plainly, badly placed mats. The most-cited causes are overuse, skipping the warm-up, and pushing through fatigue when technique falls apart.
If you're about to enter an actual event, these are the seven things worth knowing the night before.
Everything above was researched in July 2026 from these sources. Rules change every season — always confirm with the league directly before you compete.
Everything people ask us about the kits, the game, the gear, and how a kid-run business actually works. Can't find it here? The contact form is at the bottom of the home page.
A PDF you download right after checkout — usually within seconds. Everything is designed to print on standard home printer paper in both US Letter and A4 sizes. Nothing ships, nothing expires, and you can print it as many times as you want for your own family.
No, and that's the whole idea. Every obstacle in the kits is designed around things most homes already have — couch cushions, painter's tape, jump ropes, laundry baskets, sidewalk chalk, pool noodles, cardboard boxes. Each obstacle card lists two or three substitutions in case you don't have the first thing.
The Rookie tier fits in a hallway or a single room. The Warrior tier works well in a living room, driveway, or small yard. The Total Ninja tier wants a yard or a large open room. Every kit includes a small-space version of every obstacle, and if your space is unusual, the custom Course Design service exists exactly for that.
Yes. No download, no account, no ads, no in-app purchases. It runs in any modern browser on a phone, tablet, or computer. It's free because it's the easiest way to show people what the whole thing is about — the printable kits are what keep the business running.
The three tiers cover roughly ages 4 through adult. Tier 1 (Rookie) is 4–7 and has no timer pressure. Tier 2 (Warrior) is 8–12 and is where most kids land. Tier 3 (Total Ninja) is 13 and up, including parents who think they're still fast. Every kit contains all three tiers, so siblings of different ages can run the same course at their own level.
A standard kit covers your own family. For a classroom, camp, scout troop, gym, or any group setting, we offer a bulk license at a discount — just ask through the contact form and tell us roughly how many kids. The Tournament & Field Day Kit was designed specifically for this.
Digital downloads usually can't be returned once they've been downloaded, but if something is wrong — a file won't open, pages are missing, it's not what was described — email us and we'll fix it or refund it. We'd rather have a happy customer than $12.
Shirts, keychains, and drawstring bags are printed to order, so allow a few days for production plus normal shipping time. You'll get tracking as soon as it ships. Digital kits, by contrast, arrive instantly — if you order both, expect the download first and the box later.
Digital kits and the browser game work anywhere in the world with no shipping at all. Physical gear currently ships within the United States only. If you're outside the US and want gear, write to us — if enough people ask, we'll work on it.
Youth and adult sizes both. Send us a note through the contact form if you need a specific size confirmed before ordering — it's a small operation and we'd rather answer than have you guess.
You send us the measurements of your space, a couple of photos if you're comfortable, the ages of the kids who'll be using it, and what you already own. Olivia designs a course around your specific space and sends back a printable plan with a course map, obstacle instructions, tier targets, and a fall-zone safety checklist. The Design Session option adds a live video call to build it together.
No — we design it, you build it. Every plan is a printable design document, not a construction service. That keeps it affordable and means we can help families anywhere instead of only ones nearby.
Every plan is reviewed by a parent before it goes out, and every one includes a fall-zone and landing-surface checklist. That said, please read our honest take on this: there is no government safety standard written specifically for home ninja courses, and the guidance that exists comes from equipment makers rather than regulators. Adult supervision is required, and you're responsible for the final build. We explain all of this in detail on the Ninja Rules page.
They're modeled on real rules, not identical to them. Our 60-second Warrior target, the step-off penalty, and the no-retry Total Ninja rule are all borrowed from how actual leagues run events — UNAA's point-and-fail system and American Ninja Warrior's single-attempt elimination format especially. But our kits are for playing at home, not for sanctioned competition. If you want the real rulebooks, we broke them all down on the Ninja Rules page.
Find a local ninja gym that hosts UNAA or World Ninja League qualifiers — both accept competitors starting at age 6. Your division is set by your age on January 1 of the competition year. Expect to start at a local qualifier and work up through regionals. Full breakdown, including how the path now connects to the Olympics through UIPM, is on the Ninja Rules page.
Sort of, and it's genuinely new. Obstacle racing was added to the LA 2028 Olympics as a discipline within Modern Pentathlon, replacing horse riding — it is not yet a standalone Olympic ninja event. And in March 2026, the international obstacle federation voted to merge into the Modern Pentathlon federation, which took effect August 10, 2026. So the sport now has a real Olympic connection, but it's an adult senior-level path, not a youth one.
They're the same organization. The National Ninja League was founded in 2015 and later rebranded as the World Ninja League. Some gyms still say "NNL" out of habit, but there's only one current rulebook and it's WNL's.
Yes. Olivia designs the obstacles, writes the rules, sets the tiers, and makes the calls about what to build next. Her parents handle the parts a kid legally and practically can't — the payment accounts, the business paperwork, the email inbox, and the safety review on every course plan. That split is normal for a kid-run business and we'd rather be upfront about it than pretend otherwise.
Because only kids who could physically walk to one front yard could ever play. Going digital meant a kid in any city could run the same course. The popsicle stayed as the mascot and the prize you're playing for — you just supply your own now.
No. The browser game requires no login, no account, and no email — it doesn't collect anything. Purchases are handled by a parent-owned account, and the contact inbox is monitored by a parent. If you're a kid, ask a grown-up before you write to us.
A two-player head-to-head version of the browser game is the current project. After that, a seasonal course-of-the-month pack. If there's something you want to see, tell us — a real person reads every message and Olivia gets shown the good ideas.
Email Contact@snackninjawarrior.com, or use the contact form at the bottom of the home page. We reply within about two business days. A parent reads everything first.