Born in LA in 1975, Rabbi Brandon Gaines grew up in a culturally, yet not religiously, Jewish “rock’n’roll” household. Early heroes were Bruce Lee, Sho Kosugi and Chuck Norris, when martial arts was at the height of its popularity. He secured a big LA agent and scored a lead role in ‘Superfights,’ directed by Siu-Hug Leung, a martial arts movie legend responsible for the Jackie Chan films.