What is the dependency between completing the initial training program and opening a Body Brain Center?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 5.1 Initial Training Program. All of your Owners and managers must attend successfully complete our initial training program before you may sign this Agreement
- 5.3 Other Initial Training Programs. Before you open your Business, each of your Owners must complete the Self-Enrichment workshop, Qualified Instructor Training and Leadership Training provided by Body & Brain Yoga and Health Centers, Inc.
If you successfully complete training, you will have a period of 180 days after completion of the training program (the "Franchise Evaluation Period") to sign the Franchise Agreement that we previously offered to you.
If either (i) you fail to sign the Franchise Agreement on or prior to the expiration of the Franchise Evaluation Period or (ii) you fail to successfully complete the training program, we shall have no obligation to offer you a franchise and we may keep the training fee in consideration of the training we provided to you.
Further, if you do not sign the Franchise Agreement or you fail to successfully complete the training program, you understand that you must still comply with all of the terms of this Agreement.
- 5 COVENANTS TO PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
You agree to comply with all of the provisions in this Section 5, even if you fail to sign a Franchise Agreement during the Franchise Evaluation Period.
- 5.1 Know-how.
We possess trade secrets and other proprietary know-how, including methods, techniques, specifications, procedures, marketing strategies, information comprising the System and the operations manual, as well as information pertaining to the design and operation of a Body & Brain Center (collectively, the "Know-how").
You understand and acknowledge that you will not acquire any interest in the Know-how other than the right to utilize it in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the Franchise Agreement in the development and operation of a Body & Brain Center.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all owners and managers must successfully complete the initial training program before signing the Franchise Agreement. Additionally, before opening a Body & Brain Center, each owner must complete the Self-Enrichment workshop, Qualified Instructor Training, and Leadership Training provided by Body & Brain Yoga and Health Centers, Inc.
If the training is successfully completed, the franchisee has 180 days after completion of the training program (the "Franchise Evaluation Period") to sign the Franchise Agreement. If the Franchise Agreement is not signed within this period, or if the training program is not successfully completed, Body Brain Center has no obligation to offer a franchise, and they may keep the training fee as compensation for the training provided.
Even if the Franchise Agreement is not signed or the training program is not successfully completed, the franchisee must still comply with all the terms of the agreement, including those related to protecting Body Brain Center's intellectual property. This includes trade secrets, methods, techniques, specifications, procedures, marketing strategies, and the operations manual. The franchisee acknowledges that they will not acquire any interest in the Know-how other than the right to utilize it in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the Franchise Agreement in the development and operation of a Body & Brain Center.