Starting martial arts around the age of six, Payton Foley never dreamed of the path that this sport would take her. At nine, she became the youngest person to receive a black belt in American Tae Kwon Do and received two consecutive gold medals in aau Junior Olympics and Wisconsin State Champion in youth black belt divisions. She has been inspired by Sensei Sharkey and Matt Mullins to go beyond the norm of martial arts and stretch her talents to the extreme.