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.
Between Typhoons and Earthquakes, Petar Stoychev Achieves the Oceans Seven
International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Honor...
Brilliant Swimming. Dávid Betlehem Swims to the Podium in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
28 men lined up on the starting pontoon – 4 swimmers did not line up to the start of the...
Sam Greetham, Honoree in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Passes Away
Sam Greetham, an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame‘s...
Para Triathletes in Paris to Race In and Along the Seine
The Para Triathlon at the 2024 Paris Paralympics will be held on the same course in the Seine and on the streets of Paris as was the triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics – and the competition will be outstanding.
Two Sisters. Two Way. Tandem Tough. Too Cool.
Vera Rivard and Margaret Rivard completed a 80.4 km two-way tandem cross-border swim of Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont, USA and Magog, Quebec, Canada in 35 hours 34 minutes
Going Long, Going Ice Cold: Members of the Oceans Grand Slam
Lynton Mortensen of Australia, Kieron Palframan of South Africa, Bárbara Hernández Huerta of Chile, Paul Georgescu of Romania, and Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria are the only people who have completed the Oceans Grand Slam.