Dough Joe's Gym

Dough Joe's Gym, or Dough Joe's Hurricane Gym, is the Gym where Karrin Murphy regularly works out with Aikido. First mentioned in Blood Rites.

Description
Dough Joe's Hurricane Gym is on the first floor of an old office building not far from the Headquarters of the Chicago Police Department. It had once ben a country-and-western bar. It had a couple of restrooms large enough to be used as locker rooms. There was a real boxing ring, a large safety rug, well-used training equipment, weights and dumbells. There were also boxing targets: heavy bags, speed bags, and flicker bags.

There was a large are covered with a thick impact mat where people practiced martial arts.

In the Series
In Blood Rites, Harry Dresden witnessed Karrin Murphy taking down O'Toole, a large and brawny rookie during practice with several members of the SI team. O'toole and John Stallings were double-teaming against her.

In Changes, Murphy tells Harry about how Agent Barry Tilly sometimes teaches classes at the Gym.