LauraMortensenlauram Laura Mortensen began her Aikido career with Pamela Cooper in 1990 at Aikido of West Seattle. She continued her aikido studies through college with Craig Fire at Aikido Northwest from 1991-1995, and continued to train at West Seattle during the summer. In June of 1995 she trained for a year at the Seattle School of Aikido. From 1996-1998 she taught English in South Korea and trained for a few months at a Hopkido School in Namwon, South Korea. In 1998 Laura returned to Seattle and continued training at the Seattle School of Aikido. She received the rank of Shodan in November, 2002. Pam Cooper, Christine Southwick, and Mary Heiny are some of her biggest influences. "I love the way our school teaches you that there isn't one single way to do Aikido. When I first learned from Pam and then went to another school I had to stop myself from thinking 'that's not the way we did it at Pam's school.'" LauraM.jpgTuesday2010-09-07T18:15:00-04:002010-09-07T19:15:00-04:00GeneralAdultlauram