Beginner Mahjong Lessons, in a Small Group
Forty dollars an hour each, in Rochester, Minnesota or by video. My favorite way to teach — you watch four hands develop instead of one.
Learning beside other learners
This is my favorite way to teach, and the best value in the shop. Learning beside other learners is genuinely faster, because you watch four hands develop instead of one — and you hear the questions you had not thought to ask yet.
We begin with your thirteen tiles and the five headline counts, not with a rulebook. You will read a hand the first afternoon. Then the shapes, one family at a time, each with a phrase that sticks a dozen lines to your memory at once. By the end you can sit down at any table in town, follow the play, and call your own mahjong.
Forty dollars an hour, each. Ten hours bought together is three hundred and sixty a head, paid up front, and those hours do not expire. Typically four to six sessions is plenty.
Gather your own friends, or let me pair you with others at your level. Lessons are taught in person within twenty miles of Rochester, Minnesota, or by video over Google Meet. Bring nothing at all to the first one; we supply tiles, racks and everything else. Each of you will want your own current-year National Mah Jongg League card eventually, and we will tell you how to order one. We never photocopy, dear.
I will read what you send me, pair your group with the instructor who suits it, and she will write to you directly. Payment is collected once your lesson plan is finalized, not before.
Before we begin, dear
Nothing is charged yet, dear. Tell me what you are after and I will read it myself, pair your group with the instructor who suits it, and she will write to you directly to settle the details. Payment is collected once your lesson plan is finalized, not before.
This rate is per person, per hour. In-person lessons are taught within twenty miles of Rochester, Minnesota. Farther afield, or if you would rather, we teach over Google Meet.
Questions are never silly at this table
How many of us can there be?
Two to four is the sweet spot. Four makes a real table with a real Charleston, which is the fastest way to learn. Bring your own friends or let me pair you with others at your level.
Do we all have to be the same standard?
Roughly, yes. A group learns best when everyone is puzzled by the same things. Tell me where each of you is on the form and I will sort it out.
Am I too old to learn?
No, dear. I have taught women in their nineties and taught them well. This game rewards patience and pattern sense, both of which tend to improve with a life lived.
What if I cannot memorize things?
Then you have found the right teacher. I do not teach memorization. I teach recognition, which is a different faculty entirely and a far more reliable one.
Do we need our own sets?
No. Bring nothing at all to the first lesson; we supply tiles, racks and everything else. Each of you will want your own current-year National Mah Jongg League card eventually, and we will tell you how to order one.
When do we pay?
Once your lesson plan is finalized, not before. Send the form, I read it and pair you with an instructor, she writes to settle the details, and payment comes after that is agreed.
Is the rate each, or for the group?
Each. Forty dollars per person, per hour. Ten hours together is three hundred and sixty a head, and those hours do not expire.