{"id":152702,"date":"2026-02-05T21:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152702\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:35:33","slug":"thats-amahjzing-houston-duo-brings-mahjong-to-a-new-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152702\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s Amahjzing! Houston duo brings Mahjong to a new generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The tiles are back on the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mahjong, the centuries-old tile game, is having a moment. Amanda Commons and Nicole Cottone say they&#8217;ve seen how quickly interest has grown after starting a Mahjong teaching business called &#8220;That&#8217;s Amahjzing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;American Mahjong has been around since the 1930s, and it&#8217;s recently gained popularity amongst people of our generation,&#8221; Cottone shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The game can look complicated at first, but players say Commons and Cottone teach in a way that helps remove the intimidation factor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I really enjoy it because it&#8217;s something you can do with girlfriends,&#8221; One player said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just something to get your brain working, it&#8217;s a great game, and I love how it&#8217;s gained momentum in the last few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the video, the Houston duo gives us a crash course on Mahjong and takes us behind the fun, themed events they host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">You can follow &#8220;That&#8217;s Amahjzing&#8221; on <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thatsamahjzing\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram <\/a> or visit their <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsamahjzing.com\/houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The tiles are back on the table. Mahjong, the centuries-old tile game, is having&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[63193,63190,63191,36210,4459,56,58,57,26973,23786,36173,63192,31990,7133],"class_list":["post-152702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-63193","tag-amahjzing","tag-amanda-commons","tag-friends","tag-game","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-learning","tag-mahjong","tag-moms","tag-nicole-cottone","tag-teaching","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}