This year the JPML is qualifying two seats for the 2020 World Riichi Championship in addition to the usual delegation of professional players. For previous WRC tournaments, Japan’s closed selection process has only allowed...
It’s starting to feel a bit like an exodus of Westerners heading out to Japan to seek mahjong stardom. Just recently Kuroki-pro of JPML commented that there was always a Westerner or two playing...
Quietly (but steadily now) the Japan Professional Mahjong League have been uploading videos recorded with Jenn and Garthe giving lessons in English from JPML professionals! There are four videos currently uploaded to Youtube with...
If you feel like you missed a great opportunity to learn directly from JPML professionals by not attending the 2018 Mahjong Crash Course, then 1) you did, and 2) redemption is at hand! In case you missed Dasuke’s valiant attempt to paste the announcement on every channel and social media page, the next program has arrived!
Stuck in a mahjong rut? Need to get some advice from professional players? Sign up for more information on our master course in riichi mahjong strategy. In 2018 players traveled from Japan to study...
Titles—simultaneously the dream and the measuring stick for professional mahjong players. Without them, even with skill and years of experience in the league, you’re a nobody. But with them, even if you are a...
When Gemma told me she was going to arrange a mahjong “tour” (that’s what she called it back then) in Japan, I was both excited and apprehensive. It sounded like an exciting opportunity, but...
In mid-November eight students arrived in Tokyo at the Sugamo Dojo, the main training location of the Japan Professional Mahjong League (JPML), for a one-week master course on riichi mahjong. The Mahjong Crash Course,...