Gassho!

I have been told, that many of the early kenshi left Shorinjikempo for various reasons, others are surely dead by now, some probably stopped training long ago … Shorinjikempo also will have appeared very different then.
Does anyone have information on the early (personal and Shorinjikempo) histories –!or know where to find them – that they'd like to share? I'm interested in every detail, to build as complete a picture of early Shorinjikempo and kenshi as possible.
Arigato gozaimashita!

Kesshu,
______ Jan.