Methuen has its own little Ninja rising up the national ranks of trained warrior athletes.

Bradley Guyotte, 11, has been with the USA Ninja Challenge, an obstacle-course training center in North Andover, for nearly seven years and trains year-round for national and globally ranked competitions. Bradley competes among the others in his age group as the sole representative for Methuen.

“This is a kid that has incredible drive and passion,” said Amy Harley, coach and owner of Ninja Challenge. “He’s always pushing himself and his teammates not just to beat personal records, but he pushes himself and everybody else to improve as people, too.”

USA Ninja Challenge, located at 27 Charles St., combines gymnastics, cross-training and climbing, as well as track and field, to give kids a well-rounded fitness program. The program is comprised of six levels that young Ninjas must pass through in order to properly display their skill and abilities.

What has quickly become a lifestyle of grit, sweat and commitment has a rather innocuous beginning.

“When I was in the first grade, I saw the show ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ ” Bradley explained. “Then, I was invited to a birthday party here at the gym and, even though we were just having fun at first, I really liked it.”

From there, Bradley has since stuck to a rigid routine of practicing three times a week all year at Ninja Challenge with kids of varying ages.

Regular training sessions are typically a culmination of standard physical exercises accompanied with practicing and getting familiar with different obstacles that differ in difficulty, according to Bradley.

“Some are easy and some are harder,” he said. “The easiest for me is the ledge wall, which is this wall that has these very thick ledges that stick out, and you have to be able traverse down.”

He took a second and stood back, scanning the packed gym as kids leaped and ran around the different obstacles. After a moment of consideration, he said, “But the hardest has to be the bar-hopper, which is where you’re hanging from this bar that’s between two slats, and you have to be able to lift the bar up and also push yourself forward across the obstacle.”

Most recently, Bradley competed in the World Ninja League finals, a premier “Ninja-Warrior” obstacle course league that drew in athletes from around the globe. Held in Greensboro, N.C., the competition featured 2,500 athletes ranging from the age of 6 to adult. The pre-teen league that Bradley participated in featured 240 athletes.

Earlier that month, Bradley also competed in the USA Ninja Challenge National Championships in Manchester, N.H. He placed third in his age group.

“The national competitions are fun, everybody feels focused,” he reflected. “It’s the worldwide competitions that are more intense; there’s always a lot going on.”

“They train really hard,” said his mother, Stephanie Guyotte, “and the kids have a really positive and encouraging atmosphere. He does other sports, too, and I think his skills from Ninja training have carried over to when he plays football or soccer. He works really hard at it, and he loves it.”

When he’s not training several hours for multiple days a week, Bradley likes to spend his downtime playing in the backyard with his brother, or sitting back on the couch for a while and enjoying a few rounds of Fortnite or Mario Kart with some friends. He will be entering the sixth grade at the Timony School when the new school year begins.