Like all athletes, archers strive to maintain the advantages of their physical prime through constant practice, delaying that decline for as long as possible.
While focusing on his bowstring company last year, he reduced his training to evening sessions three or four days a week during the long 2025 outdoor season. He still competed internationally, including at the continental championships in November.
Competition-wise, that meant skipping the indoor season. Mazuki chose not to enter any Indoor World Series events, instead prioritising the renovation of his family home in the coastal town of Malacca, about 150 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur.
Although he no longer approaches tournaments as “carefree” as he once did and is not training as intensely, Mazuki says he is comfortable relying on the experience he has gained over 12 years competing internationally.
“Looking at my age now, I can see a lot of improvement in maturity,” he said. “When you’re young, the excitement of tournaments can be hard to control.”
“Now it’s more like a job I have to go and do. Whether the result is good or bad, everything has to be stable in life.”
“Archery and tournaments aren’t as high a priority as when you’re young, and I think that was one factor in winning bronze at the Asian Championships.”
That medal in Dhaka carried particular significance.
