Where can I find information regarding initial and ongoing training obligations for a Bft franchise in the Franchise Agreement?
Bft Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
. It will help you find more detailed information about your obligations in these agreements and in other items of the Disclosure Document.**
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| Obligation | Section in Franchise Agreement |
| Site Selection and a. acquisition/lease | Sections 1.2, 2.2.C, 7.1 and 7.2, 15.1.A(10)-(11), and Exhibit 4 |
| b. Pre-o pening purchases/leases | Sections 5.4, 6.1, 7.3, and 7.4 |
| Site development and other pre- c. opening requirements | Sections 6.1 to 6.3, 6.5, and 6.8, Article 7, and Section 9.2 |
| d. Initia l and ongoing training | Sections 5.5 and 6.2 |
| e. Open ing | Sections 2.2(D) and 6.1 |
| f. Fees | Article 5 and Sections 6.2, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.4 |
| Compliance with standards and | Article 4 and Sections 1.2, 2.2.E, |
| g. | 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.3, 8.1, 8.4, 8.5, |
| policies / Operating Manual | 8.7 and 9.3 |
| Trademarks and proprietary h. information | Article 4 and Sections 12.1, 15.1.A(6), and 15.1.A(8) |
| Restrictions on | Sections 8.4 and 15.1.A(14) |
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| Warranty and customer service | Sections 8.1, 8.3, and 8.5 to 8.7 |
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ITEM 10 FINANCING
We do not offer direct or indirect financing. We do not guarantee your note, lease or obligation. While we do not offer direct or indirect financing, certain third-party lenders, such as Amerifund and Navitas, have sponsored our convention in the past and may do so in the future, but we are unaware of the terms of any financing you may, if at all, obtain from these or other lenders.
ITEM 11 FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING
Except as listed below, we are not required to provide you with any assistance.
A. Pre-Opening Assistance
Franchise Agreement
Before your Studio's Soft Opening:
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- We will provide you (or, if you are an entity, your Operating Principal), as well as your Designated Manager (if appointed) of your Studio, with our proprietary Owner/Operator Training Module and Designated Manager Training Module, respectively, that at least you (or, if appropriate, your Operating Principal) will need to complete prior to opening your Studio (the "Initial Training Program"). We will typically provide the Initial Training Program within the thirty (30) days prior to your Studio opening, but that timing will be subject to the availability and schedules of our training personnel. We will provide the Initial Training Program at our corporate headquarters or other training facility we designate, which may be virtually (Franchise Agreement, Article 5). We will also provide you or another individual you designate as your prospective Authorized Instructor with our Pre-Opening Instructor Training as described more fully below in this Item (Franchise Agreement, Section 5.5).
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- If the Authorized Location for your Studio has not been identified at the time the Franchise Agreement is signed, we will work with you to designate a geographical area within which you must secure an Authorized Location for your Studio ("Designated Market Area") (Franchise Agreement, Section 1.2).
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- Prior to you attending your required initial training, we will provide you access to the Learning Management System, which contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards and procedures. The Learning Management System is confidential and remains our property. We may modify the Learning Management System. (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.3). Within the Learning Management System, you will be provided our confidential operations manual (comprised of four sub-manuals), which currently comprises approximately 151 pages. The Table of Contents of our operations manual is attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit F.
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Source: Item 9 — FRANCHISEE'S OBLIGATIONS (FDD pages 36–37)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bft's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, details about initial and ongoing training obligations can be found in Sections 5.5 and 6.2 of the Franchise Agreement. Item 9 of the FDD provides a table outlining the franchisee's obligations and cross-references the specific sections within the Franchise Agreement where these obligations are detailed.
Specifically, Section 6.2 of the Franchise Agreement, as referenced in Item 23, states that Bft will provide the training programs described in Section 5.5. Franchisees must comply with all training obligations described in Section 5.5 and elsewhere in Section 6.2 throughout the term of the agreement.
This includes completing the Owner/Operator Module, the Designated Manager Training Program, and the Pre-Opening Instructor Training before engaging in any activities related to operating the Bft studio. The specifics of each training program are detailed in the Learning Management System. Bft conducts this training at its corporate headquarters or another designated training facility.