THE KU-RING-GAI DOJO (training hall)

FOR TAI-JUTSU (Body Technique) MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY

Regular classes are conducted by Aikido Australia at the Ku-ring-gai Town Hall which is located at 1186 Pacific Highway, Pymble on Monday and Wednesday PM and Saturday AM.

This spacious training hall is only 5 minutes walk from Pymble railway station and near the intersection of Telegraph Road and the Pacific Highway. Ample car parking is available behind the hall.

THE FOREST(Open air dojo)

FOR WEAPONS TRAINING (Bokken & Jo) - SUNDAY mornings

Bokken (sword) and jo (staff) classes are conducted in the Sheldon Forest as they have been for the past 25 years.

Training is conducted in the car park outside the 1st Turramurra Scout Hall, Warragal Road, Turramurra, surrounded by a tall stand of Sydney blue gums.

Saito Sensei and Nemoto Sensei demonstrating in the Sheldon Forest, 1985

The outdoor dojo is also readily accessible by railway, being ten minutes walk south of Turramurra railway station. But, hidden as it is, the forest out-door dojo may be hard to find and these directions may help:

• Travel north from the Ku-ring-gai Town Hall Dojo indoor dojo (see above) along the Pacific Highway from Sydney, and continue past the traffic lights at the turn-off to Bobbin Head Road.
• Take the first left turn off the highway after the Bobbin Head Rd traffic lights into Warragal Road.
• Then cross the bridge over the railway line and continue along Warragal Rd down the hill for about 150 metres from the highway, the Sheldon Forest, with 30 metre tall Blue gum trees, is on your left.
• At a point where Warragal Road turns sharply to the right, there is a dirt road to the left and a white wooden sign indicating “Aikido Dojo”.