Robert Hackett

Robert Hackett was born on July 6 1915.  He began his long and extensive martial arts career with judo in 1959.  One of the first Americans to practice Yoshinkan Aikido in the continental US, he commenced training in 1962 under Robert Cramer.  From that time on, he dedicated himself to the study of Yoshinkan Aikido and was instrumental in its continued growth and development in the Chicago area.  He was a charter member of the Midwest Yoshinkai Aikido Association and had been its president since 1967.  

He visited Japan and the honbu dojo on three separate occasions and received his yondan from Soke Shioda Gozo in 1976.  He became a registered instructor with the IYAF in February 1992.

Sensei Hackett passed away on July 28 1992.