From humble roots, Lisa set off on her martial arts journey always seeking to absorb as much information as possible. Along the way she attended a variety of schools teaching Tae Kwon Do, Lau Gar Kung Fu, Muay Thai and boxing. But she settled in the style of Wado Ryu Karate enjoying both the kata and traditional side of the art as well as relishing the ‘points fighting’ competition and physical element of the sport, which was later to become her forte.

She trained at a variety of clubs in the South East and would often venture hours away for training sessions under different instructors, including the world renown Neville Wray.

A proud moment was when she was selected to be a member of the infamous Team Swat with top fighters of the era such as Corey Cain, Billy Bryce, Peter Edwards, Chris Collymore and Jacey Cashman.

This gave her the platform for her to progress to be selected for the WAKO (newly named Kickboxing GB) GB Team in 2005, winning bronze in the 2005 World and 2006 European championships and silver in the 2007 World Championships.