Mahjong Beginners Level 1
Course Overview
Dive into the captivating world of Mahjong by enrolling in our Level 1 course, where you'll learn the fundamentals and strategies of this timeless game, ensuring a fun and rewarding experience for beginners.
The exciting game of Mahjong has existed in one form or another for ages. It is interesting, fun, and stimulates the cognitive processes of the brain. Throughout the years, it has stood the test of time, and its longevity has made it popular again today, as the game has enjoyed a new resurgence with people of all ages. The game originated as a four player game where players compete to create matching tiles and achieve a winning hand.
Mahjong is a game of strategy, intelligence, skill, calculation and luck. Mahjong also helps improve the memory, judgement and reasoning of people with mild to moderate dementia.
There are many different interpretations of the rules of Mahjong. Rules in one place may differ greatly from rules in another location. Many groups of people who play the game have their own variation of the rules. So it is not set in stone for every game of Mahjong around the world what exactly the rules are.
Course Breakdown
Week 1: Introduction of Mahjong/Open hand
Week 2: Open hand/close hand
Week 3: Add blanks into the game
Week 4: Start some hands
Week 5: Eastern hands and Scoring
Week 6: Scoring/strategy
Week 7: Scoring/strategy
Week 8: Scoring/strategy
Term 2 Dates
Term 2 for Mahjong Beginners Level 1 runs from Wednesday 1 May to Saturday 29 June (depending on the class you attend).