KAATSU Aqua is a specialized form of KAATSU used in the water to enhance:
- performance of speed, strength, stamina, balance, agility, technique, tactile feel
- recovery from vigorous workouts, intense competition, travel fatigue
- rehabilitation from muscle, bone, ligament, tendon injuries
- longevity and wellness
Steven Muñatones
Editor
Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.
He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.
He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
First Impressions and First Sights of the North Channel
Wow. After landing in Dublin via a nearly 11-hour flight from LAX, I traveled to Belfast, then...
Beauty, Sadness, Mystery at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race
Beauty The Turkish Olympic Committee’s annual Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race is...
Open Water Swimmers Attack Shark Bars
Jeffrey Rake of Encinitas, California (USA, @SharkRepel) does a lot in the ocean: he serves as an...
The Global Strength of Swimming at American Universities
In the American competitive pool swimming world, there are many centers of excellence. Some universities have long been places where Olympian champions (e.g., Ous Mellouli at USC shown above on left and Leon Marchand at Arizona State University shown above on right)...
Open Water Representatives At The Highest World Aquatics Level
The World Aquatics Bureau is the highest governing body of competitive aquatic sports that oversees open water swimming, diving, high diving, water polo, and pool swimming. The World Aquatics Bureau consists of 39 members with its President elected by the Congress, 22...
Sand In Very Unlikely Places
Getting in and out of a car – and most other places – as a lower body amputee is not easy. But Nicola Doran (51, Ireland, IISA bio here, @nicoladoran1) is also driven to get in and out of her car often. To go to the coast around her hometown of Donaghadee...