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.
Swim With Mike Continues To Help Others – April 6 At USC
Kaia Hedlund who organized the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the Naples Island Swims, and the...
Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World at the Double Roughwater Swim
Over the years, the 7 km Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H20 Swim on Oahu...
Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World at the aQuellé Midmar Mile
Mervyn Bremner from Cape Town, South Africa completed miles #147, #148, #149, #150, #151, #152,...
112 Days Until The Epic Swim Maui
Dr. Steve Minaglia and Marek Lehocky completed a 24-stage 206.47 km non-continuous stage swim around the island of Oahu between March and November 2022. It was the first circumnavigation swim around one of the islands of the state of Hawaii. This...
Don’t Swallow the Water Off the Coast of Catalina
David Valentine and his research team from UCSB have confirmed DDT, military explosives, radioactive waste, and refinery by-products were dumped in abundance off the coast of Southern California.
Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Memorializing Gaston the Seal
Gaston the seal who escaped from the Prague Zoo and was later caught after a 5-day 300 km swim to the north was memorialized by a statue and a 25 km marathon swim