Heinrich Büttner was born in Bamberg, Bavaria and began his training in Karate 1974 and has continued training ever since. He first travelled 1997 to Okinawa where he meets his Kobudo teacher Gakiya Yosiaki. After training with Dr. Hokama he decided to refocus on learning Okinawan Goju-Ryu Kenshikai instead, which represents the older methods. Since 2008 he is the representative of Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro and Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenshikai in Germany.