BLUE COURSE: Beginners level of fitness and age recommended 7-9 years Males / 7-15 years Females

Beginners Fitness recommendations:

● Hang for up to 30 seconds
● Can jump 1 to 1.5 meters
● Can Rock climb Up to V0 or grade 15
● Can do the monkey bars
● Can rope pull up to 20KG
● Can reach the top of a quarter pipe skate ramp

Age and Difficulty Categories, Course Obstacles

Information, and Physical Fitness Recommendations

All obstacles mentioned may or may not be included in the final Aotearoa Toa ninja course. Obstacles will be changed, removed, adapted, or replaced with a variety of different obstacles for all three levels of difficulty. The obstacle list is not confirmed and may change on the day of the competition. Obstacle difficulty levels and age recommendations are only a guide, and participants can register for any difficulty level.

Competition Categories:

All categories are divided into male, female and non binary

Youth B: 7-9 (Blue Course)

Youth A: 10-15 (Green Course Males/ Blue Course Females)

Junior: 16-19 (Red Course Males/ Green Course Females)

Open: 20+ (Red Course Males/ Red or Green Course Females)

Masters: 40+ (Red Course Males/ Green Course Females)

Course Difficulty, Fitness & Age Recommendations:

Fitness recommendations are more like guidelines, so you don't have to meet every single one to compete.

GREEN COURSE: Intermediate level of fitness and age recommendation 10-15 years old Males / 16+ Females

Intermediate Fitness recommendations:

● Hang for up to 1 minute
● Can standing jump at or over 1.5 meters
● Can running stride at or over 1.5 meter distances
● Can rock climb V0-V3 or Grade 16 - 18
● Can skip monkey bars
● Can do a couple of double hand campus rungs or similar
● Can do a simple laché (swing, release and catch)
● Can rope pull up to 40kg
● Can reach the top of a half pipe skate ramp
● Can do a mantle or form of a climb up

RED COURSE: The Advanced level of fitness and age recommended 16+ years old Males and Females

Advanced Fitness recommendations:

● Hang for over 1 minute
● Can standing jump over 2 meters
● Can running stride over 2 meters
● Can rock climb V4 or Grade 20 and above
● Can do brachiation on monkey bars (one arm at a time)
● Can do a standard double hand campus rungs or similar 5 or more times
● Can do a variety of laché (swing, release and catch)
● Can rope pull over 50kg
● Can do a 180 jump and catch from a cat hang/arm hang (Hanging in an arm
hang or cat hang (hands on the top edge of a block and feet touching the wall,
jump and spin 180 degrees and catch the top edge of the next block with hands
and feet on the wall)
● Can reach the top of a vert skate ramp, or complete a warped wall
● Can do a mantle or form of a climb up