Wellness in Malaga

ATI Martial Arts runs its headquarters from an air-conditioned, matted centre on Beach Road, Malaga, with a cafe and viewing area. Adult classes cover Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing and Boxing Fit, plus women's self-defence and private lessons. Children start from age three in Little Dragons, then move into kids Taekwondo and BJJ, with teen kickboxing and boxing from 12. Classes run 30 to 60 minutes, Monday to Saturday, and a free trial is offered.

Competitive Boxing & Fitness is a boxing and group training gym on Finance Place, Malaga. Boxing runs at three levels, from all-levels drills and bag or pad rounds to partner work and an invite-only fight team, plus junior boxing for ages 10 to 14. Box n Burn, Punch & HIIT and LIFT strength sessions round out the timetable. It opens weekday mornings and afternoons and weekend mornings, and new members can take two weeks unlimited for $49.

Crystal Ballroom is a ballroom and social dance studio on Marshall Road, Malaga, led by principals Richard and Julie Morrissey. Adults learn waltz, cha-cha, slow rhythm and other social dances in an eight-week Wednesday evening course from 7pm, followed by a social dance until 9.30pm, for $120. People can come solo or with a partner. Kids classes run Saturday mornings at $15 a week, and private lessons, competition coaching and wedding dance packages are also offered.

Flying High Aerial Arts Studios is a pole dance and flexibility studio on Westchester Road, Malaga, that has been teaching in Perth for more than ten years. Small classes run from beginner pole, covering spins, poses and climbs, through intermediate and advanced levels, alongside flexibility and conditioning sessions. No experience is needed and new students start each week. Class times vary with the timetable, and new students can take two weeks of unlimited classes for $88.

Brazilian jiu jitsu, capoeira and Muay Thai taught in Malaga, with a second room in Ellenbrook, by instructors the centre says are qualified at international level. Capoeira is the uncommon one here — the Brazilian art that sits between martial art, dance and music, and it runs for adults as well as children. A FIFO programme is scheduled around swings rather than weeks.

Studio Fortè is a reformer Pilates studio in a unit on Carson Road, Malaga, run by owner Emma. The timetable mixes all-levels Reformer Forte Fusion and a reformer-and-mat Dynamic Fusion class with intermediate options, Forte Sculpt Reformer and Intermediate Reformer Fusion, which the studio says are not for newcomers or during pregnancy. A casual class is $38, weekly memberships start at $45 for two visits, and new members can try five classes for $65. Classes are booked online.

The Dungeon Boxing is a boxing gym in a Camboon Road unit in Malaga, coaching in the Cuban school of boxing. One-hour adult classes run Monday to Saturday, with beginners, all-levels and women's sessions, and invite-only intermediate and advanced training. Juniors and youth aged 6 to 16 have their own classes. A casual adult class is $25, weekly passes start at $29 for two classes, and personal training is $100 a session by appointment.