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.
Madswimmer, Always Swimming For A Cause
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. South African Madswimmers Jean Craven and Neil...
Don’t Let The Swimmers Down
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It is simultaneously a great opportunity...
Learning More About The Agulhas Current
Courtesy of Underwater probes detect ‘sea cyclones’ off coast of Africa, Science Magazine. The...
Will There Be 45 In Tokyo’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim?
Courtesy of Inside The Games. Duncan Mackay, one of Great Britain’s most-connected journalists who has covered six Summer and six Winter Olympic Games, often breaks inside information in the world of Olympic, Commonwealth and Paralympic Games as the editor of...
Nejib Belhedi To Pull 1000 Ton Ship In Sfax
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi‘s next World Iron Swim will call the Tunisian swimmer to pull a SONOTRAK ship weighing over 1000 tons in Sfax, Tunisia on May 22nd. Ridha Ammar, Chairman and CEO of SONOTRAK, and Slim Tissaoui,...
Santorini Experience Wins Gold
Courtesy of Santorini Experience, Santorini Island, Greece. During the 15th Ermis Awards in Greece, the Santorini Experience was awarded an Ermis Gold Award for the best production of a sports event among 118 entries that took part in the Ermis Production. The third...