Preferred Title:

Senior Master

Began training: 1982

Styles/Arts:

Senior Master, 8th Degree Black Belt, Shaolin Kempo

NWMAF-certified Empowerment Self-Defense Instructor

Hall of Fame Award:

2025 - 40 years

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Biography:

Lisa has studied Shaolin Kempo for the past 43 years and is currently ranked as an 8th Degree Black Belt. She was awarded the honorific title of Go Inkyo Sama in 2023 for her decades of instruction and student leadership. She is also certified as an Empowerment Self Defense instructor by NWMAF. Lisa has actively taught martial arts and ESD for greater than 4 decades. She is also a certified Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) practitioner as well as a certified Mental Health First Aider. Lisa is a Senior Advisor to Shaolin Studios in Pittsburgh, PA, continuing to support the studio that she and her husband originally founded in 2004.

Lisa has won numerous awards for her teaching and service. She currently serves on Board of Directors for United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT), National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Chapter 276 and the YMCA DEIB Committee. She previously served on NWMAF Self Defense Committee.