No Holds Barred: Anais Ninja and Rat-A-Tat Kat of Gotham Girls Roller Derby

No Holds Barred: Anais Ninja and Rat-A-Tat Kat of Gotham Girls Roller Derby

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with two rookie skaters for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby (http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/), Anaïs Ninja (http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/girls/profile.php?player=anaisninja) of the Queens of Pain, and Rat-A-Tat Kat (http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/girls/profile.php?player=rat-a-tatkat) of the Bronx Gridlock.

The intraleague season opener for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby was held Saturday, April 25, at the Hunter College Sportsplex in Manhattan, New York, between the Bronx Gridlock and the Queens of Pain. Da Bronx avenged their only loss of the 2008 season, which was to Queens in the 2008 league championship bout, by outscoring Queens by a comfortable margin, 121-78. These are two of the best individual teams in the U.S., as the Gotham Girls Roller Derby won the 2008 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) (http://www.wftda.com/) national championship, and the Queens and Bronx teams were the best in the best league.

The halftime entertainment included an electrifying performance by world champion trick roper, performer, and singer Chris McDaniel (http://chrismcdaniel.net/), which drew a loud and enthusiastic reaction from this largely New York crowd.

Right after this game, we spoke with Anaïs Ninja and Rat-A-Tat Kat about their first official league games, why they have become derby girls, what the appeal of this sport is to them, and much more. Anaïs Ninja also told us about her transition from martial arts and boxing to roller derby.

Roller derby is considered by many to be the fastest-growing sport in America, so make sure to keep up with what is going on in this fun, sexy, and exciting sport. The next Gotham Girls Roller Derby game is Saturday, May 16, between the Brooklyn Bombshells and the Manhattan Mayhem, also at Hunter College in New York.

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