Laurin Herr

Laurin Herr, 6th dan, 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 subsequently spent formative years affiliated with the Kumano Juku Dojo in Japan, training under Michio Hikitsuchi, Motomichi Anno, Motokazu Yanase and Yasushi Tojima. Returning from Japan, he continued his practice with Terry Dobson at the Bond Street Dojo. He met Robert Nadeau in 1998 and has been training with him ever since. Herr is a senior instructor at Aikido of Mountain View.