NEW SITE!!

Hey! Good news everyone our site was pretty stealthy and we have moved everything from our blog to a legitimate website!! Check it out and bookmark it, we will now be using the website as our main site instead of the blog to provide solid content on training, building, and news from the show.

WWW.CCNWTC.COM

I will also be attaching alot of our pages on the website into the the new site. Thanks for your support and interest in the CCNWTC without your support we will not have been able to take the steps and grown how we have. This is our last blog post here :)

Central California Ninja Warrior Training Course Fall Invite 13' Results: Quest for Total Victory 4 and Catch the Koi

     It has been a week now since the Fall Invite for 2013 has passed. It was a truly inspiring an amazing event. I feel blessed to have such an amazing turnout for this event which I believe is one of the largest ninja warrior competitor turnouts on the west coast and matches with some of the best from the East Coast. We went from 27 people in our first seasonal invite (Summer) to 55 people in 3 months for our Fall Invite!

     I think it goes to show if you build something for people, without yourself in mind, and for the people you know who are passionate about it. It will be successful and turn out for the best. I hope we continue to grow, continue to build, bring together, and strengthen the ninja warrior community in our events and bring up more and better designed backyard training grounds across America.

     

     So I know you’re wondering! What is all the stats? Who won? Who lost? How did everyone do? Well here it is the complete breakdown of the 2 Day event and our Quest for Total Victory 4!
Their may be some mistakes, if so please email me or message on facebook. It took me about 3-4hs to put this together.

Quest for Total Victory Results (Fall Invite video playlist here)

Stage 1: Goal-Complete 6 obstacles in 120 seconds.

1. Brian Kretsch - Completed: 65 seconds
2. Thaddeus Robeck - Completed: 76 seconds
3. Alex Jolly - Completed: 80 seconds
4. David Campbell - Completed: 88 seconds
5.  Alan Connealy - Completed: 94 seconds
6. Jason Huewe - Completed: 100 seconds(just for kicks, not for competition)
7. Tom Carpenter - Completed: 104 seconds
8. Alex Krumland - Completed: 105 seconds
9. Travis Weinand - Completed: 112 seconds
10. Yen Chen - Timed out: @ Warped Wall
11. Chris Yang - Timed out: @ Warped Wall
12. Andres De la Rosa - Timed out: @ Warped Wall
13. Mike Bernardo - Timed out: @ Warped Wall
14. Aryan Guenther: Timed out: @ Warped Wall
15. Scott VanBuskirk - Timed out: @ Warped Wall
16. Gabe Hurtado - Time out: Warped Wall
17. Ryan Wakefield - Timed out: Warped Wall
18. James Paugh - Timed out: Warped Wall
19. Ricky Chen - Timed out: Warped Wall
20. Kyle Kim - Timed out: Warped Wall
21. Timmy Do - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! at 32s
22. Cristopher vom Kohlen- Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @45s
23. James Paugh - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 45s
24. Jacob Ellis - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 45s
25. Emmanuel Lopez - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 45s 
26. Jamil Antoine - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 46s
27. Chris Luera - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 66s
28. Micheal Mori - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 51s 
29. Robert Ing - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 52s
30. Lowe Rodd - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 56s
31. Kelvin Antoine - Failed at Half Pipe Attack! @ 60s
32.      (there was confusion on Kelvin's run as to where the landing area was. Due to my lack of communication Kelvin thought the crash pad was the landing area. He was later given a redo run but did not do as well his second time around. Sorry G-pa! )
33. David Mytyk - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 75s
34. Andrew Thompson - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 84s
35. Corinne Kohlen - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 88s
36. Mira Manickam  - Failed: Half Pipe Attack! @ 97s
37. Alvaro Campos - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 18s
38. Riley Kane - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 24s
39. Tyler Ruiz - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 26s
40. Chris Baum - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 27s
41. Richard Mori - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 31s
42. Jeff Fox - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @32s
43. David Mori- Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 33s
44. Greg Fox - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 34s
45. Chad Pickens - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 35s
46. Hugo Hurtion - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 37s
47. Kirk Johannns - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 52s
48. Joseph Range - Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 52s
49. Michael Mori- Failed: Nunchuck Swing to Cargo Net @ 56s
50. Barry Betha - Failed: Quintuple Steps @35s
51. Ryan Black - Failed: Quintuple Steps @ 41s

Matthew Garcia: Injured an old injury before competition during open training and did not compete.
Steve Herbalman: Did not show.
Brad Murasco: Did not show.

Stage 2: Goal - Complete 5 obstacles in 80 seconds

1. Brian Kretsch - Completed:  55 seconds 
2. Thaddeus Robeck - Completed:  61 seconds
3. David Campbell - Failed: Metal Jump @ 73s
4. Alex Krumland - Failed: Double Salmon Ladder (second beam-2nd rung) @ 43s
5. Travis Weinland - Failed: Double Salmon Ladder (second beam-1st rung) @ 36s
6. Tom Carpenter - Failed: Double Salmon Ladder @ 24s
7. Alex Jolly - Was not present.
8.  Alan Connealy - Was not present.

Stage 3: Goal - Finish 6 obstacles. No time limit. Max rest between 30s.

1. Thaddeus Robeck - Failed:  Crazy Cliffhanger @ 3rd-4th ledge transfer
2. Brian Kretsch - Failed: Crazy Cliffhanger @ 2nd ledge

Catch the Koi (135s to complete)

1. Yen Chen: Finished @ 122s
2. David Campbell: Finished @ 124s
3. Mike Bernardo: Completed in: 153s
4. Robert Ing: Completed in: 257s
5. Brian Kretsch: Stoped @ Climbing Wall
6. Travis Weinand: Stopped @ Pegboard
7. Chris Luera: Stopped @ Cliff Hanger
8. Jason Huewe: Stopped @ Baumbay Grasper

Post by Cen-California Ninja Warrior Training Course.

Roster for the: Central California Ninja Warrior Training Course - Fall Invite Event 2013

An here we are our largest competition yet with a full 54 competitors coming into Stage 1 of the 2 day event. Please visit our online live stream as we broadcast our tournament live at
CCNWTC: LIVE BROADCAST

Get ready to go on a Quest for Total Victory 4!

1. Alex Jolly
2. Matthew Garcia
3. Riley Kane
4. Steve Herbalman
5. Tyler Ruiz
6. Aryan Guenther
7. Alvaro Campos
8. Chris Luera
9. Hugo Hurtion
10. Lowe Rodd
11. Tom Carpenter
12. Andrew Thompson
13. Brad Murasco
14. Corinne Kohlen
15. Gabe Hurtado
16. Jeff Fox
17. Micheal Mori
18. Scott VanBuskirk
19. Alex Krumland
20. Cristopher vom Kohlen
21. Barry Betha
22. Kirk Johannns
23. Robert Ing
24. Jamil Antoine
25. Emmanuel Lopez
26. Jacob Ellis
27. David Mytyk
28. Richard Mori
29. James Paugh
30. Greg Fox
31. David Mori
32. Forest Grey Chang-Turpen
33. Kelvin Antoine
34. Ryan Wakefield
35. Travis Weinland
36. Mike Bernardo
37. Ryan Black
38. Timmy Do
39. Chad Pickens
40. Chris Baum
41. Joseph Range
42. Mira Manickam
43. Ricky Chen
44. Kyle Kim
45. Yen Chen
46. Chris Yang
47. Andres De la Rosa
48. David Campbell (coming sunday)
49. Brian Kretsch (coming sunday)
50. Thaddeus Robeck

and our Half-Day(mini-ninjas) who are competing in just stage one are!!

   M51. Alex Kexel 

   M52. Alan Connealy
   M53. Ali Leitheiser
   M54. Grant Connealy

I'm looking forward to meeting all my good ninja friends and the new ones. Lets have some fun and play safe!

The CCNWTC Fall Invite is upon us! Possibly the West Coasts largest Ninja Warrior Event.

In 1 week we will be starting our last Seasonal Invite event of this year. With an estimated 40+ competing ninjas over a Full 4 Stage (all near/full scale obstacles) competition! We are guessing from what we have seen at other Ninja Warrior events on this side of the US that this is probably the largest event on the West Coast not associated with the tv show "American Ninja Warrior" by NBC/G4.

I am super excited and a little scared haha but we are going to have a blast. I feel so blessed to have an amazing course to where I can hold events like this for all my ninja buddies and help bring new people into it as well. So let me give you the download on the event if you didn't know.

IT's STREAMING LIVE!
That's right we got a Ustream account and will be streaming the stages live via this link:  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ccnwtc
Follow it! Bookmark it!
We may even do a ninja breakfast broadcast from Batter Up Pancakes haha

If you couldn't see it before here are the complete event details below:
CCNWTC Fall Invite Event Details - PDF View
If you have been training for Ninja Warrior and wish to sign up you better hurry! Read the ALL of the event packet and if it looks good to you email me at ccnwtc@gmail.com and I will give you the registration link.
NOTE: Registration closes at midnight, October 22nd, 2013

We have some amazing sponsors and one new one!
Our Course Sponsors are:

FTF Fitness
Hylete Performance Apparel (use promo code: PBHXTNRGK  for 25% off)
PepsiCo
So iLL Holds
Les Schwab Tire Center
Hard Driven Apparel and Screen Printing

Our event sponsors are:
FTF Fitness
Hylete Performance Apparel
PepsiCo
Batter Up Pancakes
Sweet River Bar and Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Convex Photography

As you may have guessed it So iLL Holds is our newest course sponsor. These guys are amazing and have been in business for 11yrs. They own a state of the art climbing gym(Climb So iLL) with full member services like 24hr climbing. As well they make some amazing and unique and durable holds that are pretty ill (see what I did their ;)) Make sure to check out their website and consider them for your next or first climbing hold purchase, they are really cool company.  I find that they are perfect fit with the CCNWTC as we both like black and green haha and we both like to be different and unique. Enjoy the video below.

So iLL: Holds Everywhere from So iLL on Vimeo.

And here we go!

Referring to our next big build and not The Dark Knight of course. This has been in the plans for quite sometime and a lot of request have come in for us to build this obstacle since June and they ran the Vegas finals for the show. As you may have seen ALOT of ninjas were taken out by this beast. Some say it was too hard....but honestly if it wasn't hard why would should we not train for it.

Truthfully since year 1 ANW has tried building the Spider Jump, being renamed the Spider Walk. Cause it was literally a walk through. Pretty darn easy obstacle and the American version has been pretty weak compared to Sasuke's original Spider Jump obstacle. This year, I think they got it right! Even the year before they were generous and put the trampoline fairly close to the opening and now they got it right!! I've also been hearing from the testers and my other ninja buddies that they made it a bit harder as well and made the inside width harder.

So be pre-paired to get your training on, through multiple sketches, comparisons, and pieces of paper I got down our first scaled draft sketch of the Spider Climb. This will be a 1 on 1 scale of the show. An will also be the courses single largest and most expensive obstacle to build. With an estimate of just over $1,500 in materials.


We are working hard and looking for a Veteran Sponsor, for this build which would make this obstalce possible. Our goal is to have it built in time for our next Seasonal Open Invite in October. Whish us luck. Their will be a build package for this obstacle a few weeks after it is finished for any company/ backyard ninja that wants to build a full scale one.

What is a Ninjaship?

 Have you ever had a moment where you thought, wow I think that person is really cool or has some great ideas. If I could team up with him/her we could do some really amazing things!
An that together your ideas and values are worth so much more and have a bigger impact than when separated. Well in a nut shell that is the essence of what a Ninjaship is.

It is a term I came to create meaning a relationship between two people/ two companies to help expand and benefit each others training and goals relating to Ninja Warrior...

And it has begun.

I have started talks and working with a few very select and established brands/companies to help bring together the prominent sports in Ninja Warrior. To promote, encourage, and help any person in their training while promoting that venture and help raise awareness as to where they can train for such sports. Better improving themselves and their training.

This is an exciting time as we are continuing to grow and slowly tieing the communities that partake in Ninja warrior together as one. I'm excited to see this idea become reality.

Hylete Performance Apparel is for the Ninjas!

We are all ways trying to do our best to represent the Ninja Warrior community and keep the backyard courses growing throughout the US. We also want to help improve your training through workout video and techniques, and everything else involved(your health, recovery, and apparel.) Well we just partnered up with Hylete Performance Apparel and have some exciting news for you.


I personally just bought a pair of these stealthy Hylete ninja shorts and will give you guys my honest 2 cents on them, when I get them.
If your just hearing of them, Hylete makes some pretty amazing apparel for working out and training in. Super comfy and they move so well with your body. An now as one of the CCNWTCs official sponsors for our next Seasonal Open Invite Training Day and Competition coming in October they are sending out $200 in gift cards that we'll be using as prizes and super discounts for only those that come to the event.!




On top of their sponsorship of the event we are excited to announce that we are now Powered by Hylete facility. As a Powered by Hylete facility, all our ninjas(ones that visit or contribute to the CCNWTC) will now receive 20% off for life at HYLETE.com. And for everyone else check out Hylete.com and their cool gear.

 PBHXTNRGK  this is a promo code they gave me
to give you for an additional 25% off your first purchase! How is that
for a pretty sweet discount!

Please show them your support as this isn't a shameless promotion. I always do my best to keep things real with all of you. No BS. My goal is to continually support our community and get you really cool stuff at good prices and through that effort Hylete will in return help support the CCNWTC by giving us 10% of sales from any of our registered ninjas.  Remember to register at the link above to get started and thanks again for everyone's support.

Time for some good laughs

So we have been posting alot of new content on the blog and getting alot of info out their but I want to make sure everyone knows its not all business and hard work you have to have fun as well! So here is a few videos and photos of just for fun Ninja Warrior shenanigans!!

and to show you some of us are not all serious ^0^

Mike Bernardo primal scream! minus the axe :/

William Brown going SPARTA!! on Drew Dreschel's butt.
Andres "the careful" ninja is spotting ;)

James Sclar his beard keeps getting bigger and crazier, and arguably now the most epic beard in Vegas!

Photos were taken by fellow ninja: Jenya Kushnir 

A few weeks ago myself, Yen Chen, Eric Cho, Dan Chen, and Chris Yang went on a camping trip to Yosemite at Camp 4 and had some ninja shenanigans at the Swinging Bridge. Its about a 9m video.

CCNWTC and Crew is on KSEE 24 News

I was expecting a good video from our local news channel KSEE 24 News being interviewed by reporter Angela Greenwood. This video came out amazing and the editing I thought was extremely good. I hope KSEE can come out again sometime and dive a little more into what I do here at the course besides training. Big shout out and thanks to Thad Robeck, Chris Yang, and Genesis(aka Goku Parkour)



If anyone is interested in training at the course feel free to contact me. It is a private facility but sometimes its opened in limited amounts. I am also planing on holding my SasukeFit classes coming soon if your interested in gaining strength and conditioning to better prepare you for Ninja Warrior along with some specific obstacle training. Please email ccnwtc@gmail.com

 As of now I have started a new semester at Willow International and am working towards my bachelors in engineering. School is taking priority over new construction and training so some of these updates will slow down. Take care everyone I'll chime in soon. You can also LIKE our Facebook page in the meantime.