A Pittsford taekwondo studio is going virtual to continue bringing training to its students.

While martial art studios aren’t considered essential while New York is on pause, for many, that’s not the case.

“For the discipline and self-control, [our kids] really rely on that,” Lisa Jones, of Pittsford, said.

For the Jones family, it started with just the kids. And then everyone got involved.

“I said, yeah, I want to do it. And at that point she was like, well then I won’t be the only one," Father Rob Jones said.

"Yeah, they pressured me into it,” Lisa said.

But instead of keeping up their training at school, they’re doing it from their own home.

“It’s really a small place to do it, so we have to separate in groups of two,” Daughter Juniper said.

The Agape Black Belt Center has continued bringing taekwondo training to its students via Zoom every day, from calisthenics and self-defense to discipline.

“It’s weird because we’re not doing it in-person, but the students have been doing awesome and we’ve been doing our best to keep everyone motivated and still engage with them through the camera,” Instructor Hailey Ra said.

Ra is glad to be able to continue teaching.

“Especially now with everyone staying at home, it’s awesome that we’ve been able to take our program to them through virtual classes, and keep them active even during quarantine,” Ra said.

And for the Jones family, they appreciate the sense of normalcy.

“Whereas what day is it? Is it Monday? Friday? No one knows. To have something different in the day that isn’t just the six of us in the house together has been pretty cool,” Lisa said.

Agape encourages people to give their virtual classes a try, by checking out their website.