Mahjong Beginners Level 1

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 Dates

Term 4 runs from Wednesday 16 October to Thursday 12 December (depending on the class you attend)

2025 Term Dates

Term 1 runs from Wednesday 5 February to Thursday 3 April (depending on which day you attend) 

Term 2 runs from Wednesday 30 April to Thursday 26 June (depending on which day you attend)

Term 3 runs from Wednesday 23 July to Thursday 18 September (depending on which day you attend)

Term 4 runs from Wednesday 15 October to Thursday 11 December (depending on which day you attend)