AIM Instructor Matt Summers

Matthew Summers is a 2nd degree Black Belt in Okinawa Shorin-Ryu. He has been in the martial arts for more than 20 years and has been with the AIM program since 1995.

Matthew is a proud father of 5 children. Four of his children live in Michigan with their mom and his youngest son (Zander) lives with him and his wife Sharon in McLean, VA.

I believe that everyone has confidence but some have forgotten how to use it. I am here to not just teach you how to kick, block, punch and defend yourself, but to also teach you that you have a voice, you have a choice, and no one can take that away from you.

Martial Arts is a way of life. It will change your life, how you present yourself, how you speak in front of a group and even how you walk down the street.

Let me introduce you to the confident voice that has been hiding inside.

Instructor Matt Summers

Location Arlington

Cheer or Self Defense Self Defense

Check in Organized Good

Check in Goods Available Excellent

Safety During Check In Good

Safety During Dismissal Good

Safety During Class Excellent

Class Fun Excellent

Class Challenging Excellent

Class Learning Pace Excellent

Class Understandable Excellent

Instructor Positive Role Model Excellent

Instructor Prepared for class Excellent

Instructor Skilled Teaching Excellent

Instructor Enthusiastic Excellent

Instructor Motivates Excellent

Instructor Discusses Safety Excellent

Instructors Strengths Mr. Matt has a very strong, and loud voice - it commands attention and respect.

He truly loves teaching and it shows!

Mr. Matt cares about each of his students and wants them to get the most out of class as possible. My son can't wait for Saturday to come around so he can go to karate class.

InstructorsAreas to Improve On Passing out practice sheets each week would be helpful, since I don't have a printer at home to print them from the web site.

Quality of Program Excellent

Comments Thank you for offering such a great program at a reasonable cost.

Child Enjoy Most Least Favorite: Learning new techniques and getting to practice them on Mr. Matt.

Least Favorite - Mr. Matt's push-ups - hahaha (If the students repeatedly drop their hands during kicks or don't follow instructions, they have to do 10 push-ups - which I think is great!

Changes He is happier and more confident.