In this episode, Rich and Bijan review the final episode of Season 1 of American Ninja Warrior, which was filmed in Japan’s Sasuke 23.

They then look into the results from National Ninja League at New Era Ninjas last week, including top competitor and recent guest Joe Moravsky.

Video of the Week is a very impressive ANW8 submission by Josh Norton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_W4OYSE640

The Fan of the Week is Thomas Stillings, who enjoyed our interview with Joe Moravsky and gave us a shout on Twitter.
He also shared an impressive video about mixing things up on the cliffhanger. https://www.instagram.com/p/-uP9VCPz7I/

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan discuss a variety of topics related to American Ninja Warrior and “ninja” competitions in general.
We discuss Season 1, episodes 6 and 7, which includes narrowing down the field of 15 competitors to the final 10 that are flown to Japan to compete on Sasuke.
Rich’s daughter chips in to help him get the advertising recorded for Atomik Climbing Holds with less than stellar results.
Video of the Week is an ANW8 submission video by Matthew Tortoriello, which contains tornados and the world’s most dangerous flag pole. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWaEiwLuxBA)
Bijan describes his experiences at Tough Mudder in Southern California.
Fan of the Week is Bill Westrick, who took the time to demonstrate an uphill body prop. (https://twitter.com/billwestrick/status/659332649350275072)

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan discuss a variety of topics related to American Ninja Warrior and “ninja” competitions in general.

We introduce our new feature – Video of the Week. This week the video is an ANW8 submission entry with Shawn Richardson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzxG_cZ7nQ

We then recap the Season One Semifinals, which spans episodes 4 and 5. Stars include David Campbell, Brian Orosco, and
Levi Meeuwenberg. Three new obstacles were also introduced – tarzan swing, jumping bars, and cargo climb.

We talked about UFOs from Area 51 in ANW7, which are provided by our sponsor – Atomik Climbing Holds.
https://www.atomikclimbingholds.com/

We briefly talk about the National Ninja and Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association.
http://www.ultimateninja.net/

Finally, we give a shout out to our Fan of the Week – Ethan Voce!

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan look once more at what is happening with American Ninja Warrior and similar competitions.

First, we get our first look at a behind-the-scenes video of Team Ninja Warrior, shot by The Weatherman Joe Moravsky.
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanNinjaJoe/videos/1028249310540179/

We then discuss Team Ninja Warrior competitors and teams that have been announced, and make our predictions for which teams are going to win.
Rich learns that the first woman to complete the Jumping Spider was Luci Romberg in Sasuke 21. Her run can be viewed here – https://t.co/UhLvk4GtrW.

Episode sponsor – Atomik Climbing Holds – http://www.atomikclimbingholds.com/?affiliateid=21.

We then review Season 1 Episode 3 of American Ninja Warrior, including David Campbell, Ryan Stratis, and Levi Meeuwenberg.

Finally, we discuss the National Ninja League results from Apex Norcal, Buffalo Ninja (Hybrid Fitness), and Gravity Forge.

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan discuss a variety of topics related to American Ninja Warrior and “ninja” competitions in general.
We first talk about the viral video featuring Reko Rivera as a ninja training T-Rex and his ANW7 submission video.
T-Rex – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Pe1zQ1ySE
Submission – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb4OcytGLZk
We then move on to National Ninja League results from the October 3rd Movement Lab Ohio competition.
We talk about Jessie Graff and learn what #sausage is for.
Our main topic is then the new television show from Esquire – Team Ninja Warrior. We look at the teams and competitors that have been announced so far and speculate on some changes we could see.
We then review ANW Season 1 Episode 2 as part of our ongoing look at past seasons of the show.

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan discuss the very first episode of American Ninja Warrior from when it was on G4. We also take a first look at Spartan Race, which is soon to be a new series from the producers of ANW.
And finally, we introduce our new sponsor – Atomik Climbing Holds.

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