MEMBERSHIP TERMS & CONDITIONS

GENERAL TERMS

You agree to authorize the brand to charge the provided payment option every 30 days until the membership is cancelled by the member, or a person authorized by the member. You are responsible for monitoring and managing your membership, benefits (and any changes to these benefits), and personal information. Any changes to the membership will be communicated via official brand channels as well as directly to members via the personal contact information you provide. Members can cancel at any time. Cancellations take effect immediately. Cancellations do not apply retroactively. Refunds are not permissible.

Memberships are non-transferrable. Class and brand event/offering reservations made under a member’s account are non-transferrable. Membership benefits cannot be combined with other offers. Members are ineligible for non-member or new-member promotions or offerings.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Your participation in the benefits of membership, including but not limited to digital spaces, social gatherings, dance fitness classes, and cultural events, it voluntary. Members assume all liabilities relevant to their participation. Our code of conduct for all participants (members, guests, and collaborators) in both digital and in person Soka Tribe spaces is as follows:

  • Be kind and considerate of others in both in-person and digital spaces
  • Do not slander, harass, stalk, assault, or otherwise harm others, in-person or digitally
  • Do not misuse or capture others’ personal information without their knowledge or consent, whether it is shared in members-only spaces or not. When in doubt, ask and make connections in person or within the members-only space first
  • No spam or solicitation. Ask brand representatives for prior authorization to share about events, communal requests, and for-profit offerings
  • Bullying or hate speech of any kind will NOT be tolerated
  • While in brand spaces (both digitally and in person), maintain a PG-13 standard in conduct, language, and content

MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into between Soka Tribe, a subsidiary of Spring Forward Solutions (“Brand” and/or “Trainers”) and the undersigned (“Member”). By entering payment information and signing this agreement, Member consents to the following terms.

You agree to provide accurate payment information and other relevant personal data. You agree that you are lawfully authorized to share the information you provide to us. This data will be used to deliver membership services and aggregated as part of internal strategic operations. Soka Tribe will never share your identifying or payment information with third parties without your explicit consent.

Members assume full responsibility and liability for their guests, dependents, and all parties in their company whether or not these parties are participating. All parties present will be required to adhere to the code of conduct and the clauses set forth in this agreement while they are in brand spaces.

When attending classes and events at partner locations, you agree that you are lawfully authorized to be in these locations; you also agree to adhere to the conduct and liability policies that are particular to our partner sites.

Membership does not grant authorization to act as an agent of Soka Tribe, its parent company Spring Forward Solutions, its leadership, or any of its subsidiaries. You are not permitted to act as an agent of Soka Tribe or any of its subsidiaries, or bind it to any agreements. Membership does not include or have bearing on private bookings, organizational partnerships, or

  • YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED TO BE PRESENT AT ANY OF OUR CLASS LOCATIONS
  • YOU AGREE TO ADHERE TO PARTICULAR SITE POLICIES AT ANY OF OUR CLASS LOCATIONS
  • MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE BOOKINGS OR ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND WILL REQUIRE SEPARATE AGREEMENT
  • MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRAND
  • YOU CANNOT NAME US IN ANY SUIT ARISING FROM INTERACTIONS WITHIN OUR SOCIAL SPACE

MEDIA/LIKENESS RELEASE

By participating in Soka Tribe activities, you grant Soka Tribe and its representatives the right to take photographs and video recordings of you in connection with your participation. You authorize Soka Tribe, its assigns and transferees to copyright, use and publish the same in print and/or electronically. You agree that Soka Tribe may use such photographs and video recordings of you with or without your name and for any lawful purpose, including for example such purposes as publicity, illustration, advertising, and Web content.

ASSUMPTION OF RISK WITH REGARD TO CLASS

The provision of personal training services by Trainer to member, and member’s use of any premises, facilities or equipment are contingent upon this Agreement. You agree that if you engage in any physical exercise or activity, including personal training, or enter our premises or use any facility or equipment on our premises for any purpose, you do so at your own risk and assume the risk of any and all injury and/or damage you may suffer, whether while engaging in physical exercise or not. This includes injury or damage sustained while and/or resulting from using any premises or facility, or using any equipment, whether provided to you by Trainer or otherwise, including injuries or damages arising out of the negligence of Trainer, whether active or passive, or any of Trainer’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. Your assumption of risk includes, but is not limited to, your use of any exercise equipment (mechanical or otherwise), sports fields, courts, or other areas, locker rooms, sidewalks, parking lots, stairs, pools, whirlpools, saunas, steam rooms, lobby or other general areas of any facilities, or any equipment. You assume the risk of your participation in any activity, class, program, instruction, or event, including but not limited to weightlifting, walking, jogging, running, aerobic activities, aquatic activities, or any other sporting or recreational endeavor. You agree that you are voluntarily participating in the aforementioned activities and assume all risk of injury, illness, damage, or loss to you or your property that might result, including, without limitation, any loss or theft of any personal property, whether arising out of the negligence of Trainer or otherwise.

RELEASE

You agree on behalf of yourself (and all your personal representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, agents, and assigns) to release and discharge Trainer (and Trainer’s affiliates, related entities, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns) from any and all claims or causes of action (known or unknown) arising out of the negligence of Trainer, whether active or passive, or any of Trainer’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns. This waiver and release of liability includes, without limitation, injuries which may occur as a result of (a) your use of any exercise equipment or facilities which may malfunction or break, (b) improper maintenance of any exercise equipment, premises or facilities, (c) negligent instruction or supervision, including personal training, (d) negligent hiring or retention of employees, and/or (e) slipping or tripping and falling while on any portion of a premises or while traveling to or from personal training, including injuries resulting from Trainer’s or anyone else’s negligent inspection or maintenance of the facility or premises.

INDEMNIFICATION

By execution of this agreement, you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Trainer from any loss, liability, damage, or cost Trainer may incur due to the provision of personal training by Trainer to you.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

You expressly agree that the foregoing release, waiver, assumption of risk and indemnity agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the law in the District of and that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect. You acknowledge that Trainer offers a service to his/her members encompassing the entire recreational and/or fitness spectrum. Trainer is not in the business of selling weightlifting equipment, exercise equipment, or other such products to the public, and the use of such items is incidental to the service provided by Trainer. You acknowledge and agree that Trainer does not place such items into the stream of commerce. This release is not intended as an attempted release of claims of gross negligence or intentional acts.

You acknowledge that you have carefully read this waiver and release and fully understand that it is a release of liability, express assumption of risk and indemnity agreement. You are aware and agree that by executing this waiver and release, you are giving up your right to bring a legal action or assert a claim against trainer for trainer’s negligence, or for any defective product used while receiving personal training from trainer. You have read and voluntarily signed the waiver and release and further agree that no oral representations, statements, or inducement apart from the foregoing written agreement have been made.