Does Body Brain Center provide an initial training program?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ing Program** (Section 5 and Training Agreement)
We will provide an initial training program of approximately 30 hours over 5 to 9 days. We anticipate most franchisees will send between 1 and 2 people to training. All of your Owners and managers must successfully complete the initial training program to our satisfaction. We expect that most franchisees will not have multiple owners and will not hire managers at the initial phase of development. You are not required to attend or complete training within any minimum period of time after signing the Franchise Agreement or prior to opening. However, you cannot open your Center until you have successfully completed training by attending all hours of classroom training in every required subject (you must open your Center within 2 years after signing the Franchise Agreement, unless we grant you an extension of up to 2 additional years).
The initial training program will take place at a retreat in Sedona, Arizona (currently Sedona Mago Retreat Center) or Ellenville, New York (currently Honor's Haven Retreat & Conference) or another training location we select at our discretion or in an online format. Currently, we intend to offer the initial training program at least 4 times per year.
Training Topics
The initial training program consists of the following:
| OBLIGATION | SECTION IN FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (“FA”) | DISCLOSURE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OR SOFTWARE SERVICE AGREEMENT (“SSA”) | DOCUMENT ITEM | ||
| l. Ongoing product/service | FA: Section 10.4 | Item 8 | |
| purchases | SSA: Not Applicable | ||
| m. Maintenance, appearance and | FA: Section 10.5 & 10.6 | Item 11 | |
| remodeling requirements | SSA: Not Applicable | ||
| n. Insurance | FA: Section 15.1 SSA: Not Applicable | Item 6 & 7 | |
| o. Advertising | FA: Section 9 SSA: Not Applicable | Item 6, 7 & 11 | |
| p. Indemnification | FA: Section 18 SSA: Section 7 | Item 6 | |
| q. Owner’s participation/ | FA: Section 8 | Item 11 & 15 | |
| management/staffing | SSA: Not Applicable | ||
| r. Records and reports | FA: Section 15.2, 15.3 & 15.4 SSA: Not Applicable | Item 6 | |
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Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE**, ADVERTISING, **COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 20–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, they do provide an initial training program. The initial training program consists of approximately 30 hours over 5 to 9 days. Body & Brain anticipates that most franchisees will send between 1 and 2 people to training, and all owners and managers must successfully complete the initial training program. Franchisees are not required to attend or complete training within any minimum period of time after signing the Franchise Agreement or prior to opening, but they cannot open their Center until they have successfully completed training by attending all hours of classroom training in every required subject. The franchisee must open their Body & Brain Center within 2 years after signing the Franchise Agreement, unless Body & Brain grants an extension of up to 2 additional years.
The initial training program will take place at a retreat in Sedona, Arizona (currently Sedona Mago Retreat Center) or Ellenville, New York (currently Honor's Haven Retreat & Conference) or another training location Body Brain Center selects at its discretion or in an online format. Currently, Body Brain Center intends to offer the initial training program at least 4 times per year. The training materials include the Manual, Merchandise Book and lectures. Franchisees will not be charged an additional fee for any of the training materials.
Jeong Hee Jeon is in charge of Body Brain Center's training program, and other instructors include Eun Jeong Lee. A franchisee must pay Body Brain Center a $10,000 training fee for each owner and manager that attends the initial training program. If any person fails initial training, they must retake training, and the franchisee must pay a retraining fee of $400 for each instance the person retakes training. Each owner is also required to attend the Self-Enrichment Workshop, Qualified Instructor Training and Leadership Training provided by BBYHC. The franchisee must pay Body Brain Center's parent company $150 to $400 for the Self-Enrichment Workshop, $2,800 to $3,900 for the Qualified Instructor Training and $7,500 to $9,400 for Leadership Training.