A member of Team Revolution, 16-year-old Ty Hinds has been involved in martial arts since he was six. At the age of nine, while representing the usa in the World Karate Association in Vienna, Austria, Ty earned a Bronze Medal in sparring. Ty has trained with Sensei John Sharkey, Matt Mullins and Chris Brewster and, although he has excelled in a variety of other sports, he still says martial arts is #1. Besides karate, Ty's hobbies include music, video games, gymnastics, traveling, skiing and working out.