Mahjong Dojo

Learn Hong Kong mahjong from Moo, a tuxedo cat in a karate gi who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown. Hong Kong style is played across Asia and in Chinatowns everywhere, and it's catching on fast in San Francisco. Moo will get you ready to sit down at any of those tables. Never played? Good. Moo starts you at zero and walks you all the way to a full hand at the table. Everything in Mahjong Dojo follows Hong Kong rules: 144 tiles with flowers and seasons, chow, pung and kong, faan scoring, and a minimum faan to win. THE DOJO: SEVEN BELTS, WHITE TO BLACK Moo teaches every lesson, and the regulars from the table drop in: Claudia calls pung, Woo the cat chases the bird on the 1 of bamboo, and Eunice objects to everything. • White belt: the legend of the sparrow game, the three suits, the honors and the bonus tiles • Yellow belt: chow, pung, kong and the pair, and what a winning hand looks…