Canada’s Top Ninja Takes on Best in World at 2024 Championships

A competitor climbs the last wall of the challenge at the "American Ninja Warrior" screening and course demonstration in celebration of the show's first Emmy Award nomination, at Universal Studio, Calif., on Aug. 24, 2016. Valerie Macon/AFP/via Getty Images

A Calgary athlete is putting his ninja skills to the test this weekend as he takes on the top amateur ninja athletes in the world.

Lucas Artinian is competing at the World Ninja League, which is a series of ninja-style challenges like obstacle courses, running in North Carolina from June 21–24.