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MESTRE RAILSON

Above: Mestre Mao Branca & Mestre Railson.

Mestre Railson do Carmo Domingues was born on October 15th, 1967 in Arraial d'Ajuda, Porto Seguro. He was introduced to Capoeira in Porto Seguro at the age of 12 by his father. He had never seen a Roda before and was excited to see people training with such high energy and intensity. The teacher at the time was Mestre Estrela. Mestre Railson trained under Mestre Estrela for a couple of months. Mestre Estrela left and the academy soon closed. Mestre Railson then trained alone in Arraial learning from travelers. He started to teach at random improvised location such as houses, beaches, grassy areas or parks. In five years, he acquired 20 students. However they had no graduations or a formal training facility.

Before Mestre Railson went to Belo Horizonte, he stopped by Salvador to try to join the army. He went to Pelourinho e ao Mercado Modelo, but the capoeira that he saw there was not the capoeira that he desired. There the capoeira was more structured for the entertainment of tourists. Mestre Railson was looking for something with more organization and dedication. However, at that time he did not know that in Salvador there were other academies. So, in Belo Horizonte, he did not even look for capoeira and therefore did not know what they had there. He just went there to travel and ended up in Praca da Liberdade where they were known to have the biggest capoeira rodas at that time. From there he started to learn about more academies. In one of those academies, he met Mestre Mao Branca. His work, the level of his capoeira students, and their dedication impressed him. Mestre Railson played in the roda in this academy and afterwards talked to Mestre Mao Branca and started to train there. Mestre Railson stayed about three months training and learning capoeira. Then, he went to the national capoeira meeting in Ouro Preto. There Mestre Railson obtained the first 2 levels (green and green/yellow) of his school at this point.

He then came back to Arraial, quit his job, and went deep into capoeira. On Oct 12, 1987 Mestre Railson started his own academy and dedicated 24 hours a day to capoeira. He started to go to Belo Horizonte once a year to train and graduate. In 1990, He did his first Batizado in Porto Seguro with Mestre Mao Branca and other important Mestres. At this Batizado, his mestre gave him the Blue Cordao which represents Professor. He received his Contre Mestre Cordao in 1992, and in 1995 he became a master at the first international meeting of Capoeira Gerais. In 2005 Mestre Mao Branca graduate him with the second level
of Master (White & Yellow).