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.
From Russia With Love
Courtesy of Evgeny Levashev of VolgaSwim, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. For more information on the...
The Year Of The Older Men In Waikiki
Courtesy of Jim Anderson, Waikiki Swim Club, Hawaii. The Waikiki Swim Club has been going strong...
Basking In Beauty In Barbados
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Barbados Open Water Festival was born out of...
Ingemar Macarine Swims From Limasawa To Barangay Tangkaan
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Macarine swam from the historic Limasawa Island by swimming 10.3 km in 4 hours 34 minutes from Barangay San Bernardo on Limasawa Island to Barangay Tangkaan in the Municipality of Padre Burgos on Southern Leyte...
Breakfast With Champions In Santa Fe
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A unique reunion occurred in Santa Fe, Argentina when Damián Blaum and his wife and two-time winner Esther Nuñez Morera met with four other overall winners of the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fé – Coronda:...
Lough Dan Races In Loch Deán
Courtesy of Eoin GaffneyIreland. For further information about the Lough Dan Races, email leinsteropenseaswim@gmail.com. Lough Dan (Irish: Loch Deán) is a boomerang-shaped ribbon lake near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland. Registration for the 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km...