Sorkin Sensei began training aikido in 1996 under Ikuhiro Kubota Shihan in Nara, Japan, and then at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo until his return to the U.S. in 2009. Since that time, he has trained largely at Birankai dojos, Huron Valley Aikikai principal among these. Sorkin Sensei, who spent extensive time as joju (live-in student) at the Ichikukai Dojo outside Tokyo practicing misogi-no-kokyo ho and Zen, also leads  meditation and misogi breathwork at his dojo, practices that he views as foundational to his development both personally and as a martial artist. He is the Chief Instructor of Northwest Aikido, in the suburbs of Chicago.