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.
Round and Round They Swim – Circumnavigation Swims in History
Circumnavigation swims have been attempted by many marathon swimmers throughout the world. One of...
Small Talk, Grand Visions, Huge Personalities at the Aquatic Capital Of America
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Adam O’Byrne Becomes The Most Recent Iron Iceman
Marathon swimming Triple Crowner Adam O’Byrne (45, New Zealand, MSF bio here, IISA bio here)...
Eagles Will Land at the MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California
Two Boston College freshmen Matthew Cinque and Nick Fabian will take on experienced collegiate swimmers at the 2025 MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships.
One Day To Change Your Life – Mark Sowerby Experienced Many
October 24th, Don’t Be Prey – a film about Mark Sowerby’s Oceans Seven journey amid life’s challenges – will premiere in London.
Gerald Daringer Invites You To AQUA and ICE, Making The Impossible Possible
48-year-old Austrian ice swimmer and coach Gerald Daringer will empower you to embrace the cold and other challenges in life via his AQUA and ICE camps