Hassan Abdur-Rahman was born Lendo Alfred Groneveldt II in The Bronx New York. It was there where his martial arts skills were cultivated and tested. He began training at the age of 11 at the YMCA. There he studied boxing and wrestling. In 1963 he started Tremount school of judo and Jiu-Jitsus. there he studied those styles of Tai Kwon Do. He soon found Goju Karate under the tutelage of Kimfoia Padu in harlem. There his martial ways began tomerge into a cohesive language, that he could express himself with grace and authenticity. While studying Goju, Lendo was introduced to Moses Powell and fell in love with the beginnings of Sanuces Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, which he continues to practices today.in 1971, he opened the Modern School of Martial Arts in Monticello, NY he also taught in the physical Education Department of Sullivan Community College. 1975 Lendo became Hassan and began teaching on Long Island in community centers, housing projects and to other low income individuals and families. Today Hassan continues his tradition of community education and involvement in Phoenix.AZ .he gives seminars and workshops to low-income families,, woman in crisis, and at-risk youth, and martial artists of all styles as a means of teaching people a new way to express and defend themselves.in a modern urban setting . For that reason, you will not find anyone wearing a gi or bare footed in class. This non-traditional environment deflates the pomp that makes some view martial arts inaccessible to there own lives.
Mission Statement:
The San Wazi System of Survival’s mission is to draw out and reveal the martial capacity of all its participants. We believe self-defense is instinctual and part of everyone’s archetypical being; We all have a burgeoning warrior within. It is this facet of our humanity we wish to engage.
About San Wazi:
San Wazi is a free-flowing, eclectic martial form. It has its roots in boxing, wrestling, Goju Karate, and especially Sanuces Ryu Jiu Jitsu, founded by Dr. Moses Powell. The techniques taught in class are made to develop student’s physical ability and martial creativity, fomenting in the individual instinctive responsiveness to contentious real-life situations.
