'American Ninja Warrior' tests physical and mental toughness. Thanks to his training regime and Leeds, Nate Hansen has both. One of Nate Hansen’s favorite childhood traditions was Monday nights, when ...

My 7-year-old doesn't aspire to play in the NFL or NBA or NHL; he wants to be a ninja warrior. Raptly watching Monday night's season finale of "American Ninja Warrior" on NBC, he pleaded for an ...

During my first attempt at the Devil’s Steps, a recreation of an obstacle from NBC’s American Ninja Warrior at a training facility in Brooklyn, I lost my momentum, causing my hands to slip. I fell to ...

From Oct. 1, the Hanayashiki Ninja Dojo started offering lessons in the way of the ninja. While participants won't exactly become fully fledged assassins, there is a strong chance that laughter will ...

Just a few minutes into my first ninja lesson I'm reminded of the dancing hippo scene in Fantasia, Walt Disney's classic animation. Surely the instructors are thinking the same? For while they're ...