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THE INSPIRATION
MWALK BLACK
FROM THE "SCHRITT" TO THE MBT
THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS ABOUT MBT

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MBT: THE IDEA OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FOOTWEAR

In the early 1990s, Swiss engineer Karl Müller realized that both shoes and backache are unknown to the Masai tribesmen - and that there is a causal connection between these two facts. By walking barefoot on the natural, soft, uneven ground of their East African homeland, the Masai activate also those muscles that atrophy when on walks on hard, even surfaces wearing conventional shoes.