NAME:
ADAILTON FERNANDES DOS REIS AKA MESTRE ZE COMFOME

SPECIALITY:
CAPOEIRA

BIOGRAPHY:
ADAILTON FERNANDES DOS REIS AKA MESTRE ZE COMFOME, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BRAZIL. AT THE AGE OF 14 HE STARTED TRAINING CAPOEIRA WITH MESTRE RAFAEL WHO BEGAN TEACHING A SMALL GROUP IN HIS GARAGE. ALTHOUGH HE ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF TRAINING WITH MANY WELL KNOWN MESTRES FROM THE CAPOEIRA GROUP SENZALA, SUCH AS MESTRES PEIXINHO, GATO, SORRISO, GARRINCHA, TONY VARGAS, LUIS PAULO AND DISA, ZE SAYS HE ALWAYS FELT “PRIVILEDGED” TO BE ALLOWED TO TRAIN UNDER HIS FIRST MASTER, MESTRE RAFAEL.
ONCE HE ACHIEVED HIS “GRADUATED” LEVEL OF PROFESSOR AND MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS TO BEGIN HIS WORK HERE IN THE U.S., HIS GOAL WAS TO TEACH CAPOEIRA , ADDING ONE MORE BRANCH OF THE GROUP ARTES DAS GERAIS, WHICH ALREADY HAVE SCHOOLS IN JAPAN, GERMANY, IRELAND AND OF COURSE BRAZIL. ZE OPENED AN ACADEMY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND TAUGHT CAPOEIRA, BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU AND MMA FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.
IN 2003 HE WAS SURPRISED BY HIS MASTER AND EARNED HIS “CONTRA-MESTRE” RANK IN CAPOEIRA AT A CAPOEIRA EVENT. THAT EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY MANY WELL KNOWN MESTRES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE PRESENCE OF MESTRE JOAO GRANDE.
IN 2010, 25 YEARS INTO HIS CONSTANT TRAINING ZE FINALLY EARNED AND RECEIVED THE HIGHEST CORD (RED CORD) AND BECAME A CAPOEIRA MESTRE. NOW RESIDING IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS OF JUNE 2011 ZE IS HOPING TO BRING THE ART OF CAPOEIRA, GROUP ARTES DAS GERAIS ONCE AGAIN TO FULL ACTION IN MIAMI.
ZE ALSO HOLDS A RANK OF BROWN BELT IN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU AND HAS BEEN TRAINING BJJ FOR 14 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN TRAINING AND COMPETING WITH TEAM LINK, FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. HE ALSO TEACHES AND COMPETES IN MMA AND CURRENTLY HE HOLDS 5 WINS AND 1 LOSS IN MMA. BECAUSE OF HIS TRAINING IN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU, ZE TENDS TO FOCUS MORE ON THE “COMBATIVE” SIDE OF CAPOEIRA. DURING HIS CLASSES, HE CONSTANTLY REMINDS STUDENTS THAT ALTHOUGH IS GREAT TO LEARN ALL THE “PRETTY” MOVES, CAPOEIRA IS FIRST A “MARTIAL ART”, NOT A DANCE.
ZE DESCRIBES CAPOEIRA AS A “UNIVERSITY”, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW EVERYTHING AND YOU ARE CONSTANTLY LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.