laurin herr, 6th dan

Laurin Herr

Laurin began his Aikido training in 1971 as a student at Cornell University. Inspired by his first experience on the mat, he studied Japanese intensively, moved to Tokyo and entered Aikido Hombu Dojo as an unranked white belt, earning his shodan there in 1976. He spent formative years at the Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu, Japan training under Hikitsuchi, Anno, Yanase and Tojima Sensei. He also practiced at the Bond Street Dojo in New York City with Terry Dobson and Ken Nisson. He met Robert Nadeau Sensei in 1999 and has been practicing with him ever since. He was a regular teacher at City Aikido of San Francisco 2004-2020, and since 2021 at Aikido of Mountain View.