The Gaines Men


The Realm of David Russell Gaines


My dad, my bruh and me

Black Belt Bruh

Back in the day, my dad sent my brother, Charlson Gaines, and I to this martial arts school called Master Wolf's Chinese Street Fighting. And it wasn't your typical one-good-hit-and-quit type of class, either. Master Wolf taught us if you hit someone hard enough to knock them down, continue to commence to the @sswhoppin'.

We wore all black, sparred several times a week and fought full contact, sometimes with our shoes on. Some of us would get disqualified at tournaments because of our Abu Ghraib style of fighting. Eventually, Master Wolf's was shutdown

My brother, though, continued his pursuit of darker belts, culminating with the black belt. This is a photo of my dad, my bruh and me in Houston during one of my brother's first martial arts tournaments. He practices and teaches a Korean form of martial arts called Kuk Sool. I must say: we don't get into fist fights like we used to back in the day.



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