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Brainees: Eleanor, Edward, Maddalena, Thushaan, Millie, George, Esme & Francesca. Winner: Francesca
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00:00to state that no brainies or insects were harmed in the making of this program
00:03and that none of the training you're about to see be attempted unless under expert supervision
00:09eight brainies one challenge to use complex mass of 100 billion cells we call the brain
00:15for chance to win brain jitsu black brain belt this is brain jitsu
00:27born in lancashire trained in japan with mind as sharp as samurai sword he is brain master he is
00:35the sensei konichiwa and welcome to brain jitsu mental training specially designed to boost brain
00:45power and focus my trainees or brainies i've been following a basic program of training in the
00:52comfort of their own home a brain boosting routine of exercise sleep and enough fruit and veg to stock
01:00a greengrocer's i thought the training was quite helpful because it helped me focus i'm really
01:06brainy i like science and maths i've learned how to use a different part of my brain that i don't
01:12usually use i really want the black belt now my brainies must put their training into practice
01:17by testing a part of the brain we use every day level one take a look at this tin of
01:27brain jitsu beans
01:28now try to find it amongst all the other tins spotted eh congratulations you've just used your
01:37occipital lobes this area the seeing part of our brain allows us to recognize and separate images
01:44from each other the seven brainies who use their occipital lobes the best will be allowed to enter
01:49my brain jitsu dojo where their training will continue the one who fails will be left outside
01:56oh feel the burn enter the dojo our brainies must answer four questions by counting the different
02:07shapes on the board in front of them get the questions right and they'll be left with a four
02:11digit code which they must then use to unlock a piece of brain and secure their place in the dojo
02:18but with only seven pieces of brain and eight brainies one of either elena edward madelena tushan millie george
02:27esme or francesca will be left outside and eliminated a bang of the gong reveals the four questions
02:39how many blue shapes are there
02:49how many small circles are there
02:59how many triangles are there
03:09how many squares are there
03:13the answer our brainies are looking for is six seven four four
03:19first off a stool is madelena with tushan hot on her heels
03:29as rapid as a rocket-powered rickshaw madelena is first to unlock a piece of brain
03:39two shan and edward have also cracked the combination
03:48but george has had to return to the noodle bar for a second helping
03:54with millie also holding a piece of brain there are now just four brainies left
04:00don't forget the code our brainies are searching for is six seven four four because there are six blue
04:06shapes seven small circles four triangles and four squares
04:15in their hurry to find that code our remaining brainies are beginning to let the pressure get to them
04:20come on brainies work those occipital lobes
04:25at last francesca opens her lock quickly followed by george
04:32it's now a straight race between elena and esme for that last piece of brain
04:36but elena just gets in there first and as her lock pops open it's all over for esme
04:45while seven have proven themselves worthy of entering the dojo and continuing their brain training
04:50for esme it's the end of the road
05:02i feel a bit obviously upset and um i felt that i could have done better i did quite a
05:08lot of training
05:09just think i was a bit slow and i didn't really look at the questions right at first time but
05:15i think i did my best so with six levels to go it's madeleine tushan edward millie francesca george
05:25and elena who received their yellow brain belts i found the game very stressing and nervous to my
05:32brain i was like a guinea pig i was too nervous to go up and do the code it was
05:37hard because i kept
05:38getting the code wrong at first i thought it was one number and then i then i realized it wasn't
05:42that
05:42number it was another number so i had to go back and then i have to go back again and
05:45then i realized
05:46it was another number i want that black belt all the way i really really really want it i've got
05:52to
05:52get that black belt
05:58in this next level of training things are gonna get really hard level two
06:06we do things every day without even thinking like eating with a knife and fork now try swapping
06:14them over whoa and see how you get on i prefer chopsticks me if you manage to do that you're
06:22using
06:22part of your brain that deals with problem solving the frontal lobes and that's what level two is all
06:29about taking something you normally do without thinking and doing it differently work it to prepare
06:36them for using their frontal lobes in the next challenge my braineese are gonna need some training
06:42room of mental nourishment this is the room of mental nourishment where our young hopefuls will train
06:49their brains between every task the more seriously our braineese take their training the better prepared
06:56they'll be for the challenges that lie ahead and in level two that challenge is all about getting
07:02their brains to think in a new way brain training cool okay the task is taking turns to call out
07:08the
07:08actions on your cards everyone has to do the opposite right let's get on with it be silent
07:15both palms up spin around clockwise it's a steady start from our braineese while not exactly speedy
07:23at least they're remembering to do the opposite of every action stand up
07:30whereas the pace quickens our braineese become as confused as a sumo wrestler entering into a beauty
07:35contest time for a brain jitsu brain tip don't rush pause for two seconds to think before you react
07:50that was tip non-action yes do pay attention francesca you see spending a moment to think before
07:56rushing in really can improve your focus and help you to perform better um both arms down
08:07while most still seem focused on their training francesca has become a bit feisty
08:19i don't think that's going to help with anyone's focus the tip was just confusing because it made
08:24you think of everything at once which is just too much i found the tip helpful because i think it
08:30would
08:30help us in the next round because if you do something without thinking especially if it's the opposite you're
08:35more likely to get it wrong so will madeleine's training indeed help with her concentration in the
08:40next round and will feisty francesca be able to keep her hands to herself time to find out as our
08:47seven
08:48now put their frontal lobe training to the test guardian of the dojo and task adjudicated the she-hand
08:55will now demonstrate the level two challenge confusing color challenge
09:02brainies will take turn to stand in middle of confusing color challenge matt she-hand then flip
09:08through 15 cards on each card is name of color ignoring actual word and focusing only on color that
09:15word is written in brainies must then jump with both feet onto marching circle so if see this must jump
09:23on
09:23blue brainy will need to be on board because she-hand will be turning over cards at fair old lick
09:31player with
09:32least number of correct color matches will be eliminated
09:37my brainy tip for this task is to focus the mind on just one letter and not the whole word
09:43what's important here is not the word but the color that it's written in
09:51tushan takes to the mat
09:57and despite the fast pace he's doing well focusing only on the color the words are written in
10:03so that's blue
10:07that's green
10:10and that's another blue
10:13the gong sounds and that looks like a good score
10:16exactly how good we'll find out soon next up is edward whose training also looks to have paid off
10:27orange blue
10:31pink
10:34one by one our brainies take their turn on the mat
10:39despite the odd mistake most seem to be using their brain training to good effect furiously working
10:44those frontal lobes to help them separate the words from the colors
10:57well done eleanor you should look pleased
11:06but madelaine seems to be dancing to a different beat not using both feet as the rules state but just
11:12one
11:17next up is george but with the she-hand turning those cards faster than noodles round a chopstick
11:22he appears to be struggling
11:27come on george keep that focus
11:39no problems though for feisty francesca as nimble as a ninja she's literally dancing
11:44away round the mat working those frontal lobes to the max
11:50as the gong sounds for the last time how have our seven brainies done
11:56with a brain-tastic 15 out of 15 correct matches eleanor is the round's top scorer
12:01while george with 12 8 to 15 is the brainy with the lowest score
12:07but as we saw one of our brainies forgot the rules
12:12all seven were told that they had to jump onto the colored circles using both feet
12:18but madelaine clearly only used one foot throughout allowing her to focus less on her feet and more on
12:25the cards it's a costly mistake because anyone who breaks the rules of a task
12:30faces automatic elimination and so it's our level one winner madelaine who is first to enter the
12:38dojo and first to leave
12:41walk of eternal regret when you're standing there and under pressure on the spot you sort of forget
12:49about what you've been told to do and which is why it is i'm quite disappointed but i think it
12:55was fair
12:55i think francesca's quite a strong contender and i also think edward's quite a strong contender
13:01because they're both quite competitive
13:08so with five levels to go it's tushan edward millie francesca george and eleanor who receive their orange
13:16brain belts i i've never been so relieved in my life i'm just standing there and when my name come
13:22out with 12 i'm like that's it i think it was a real shame that maddie went because um george
13:28did
13:28get the lowest score but rules have to be rules and they always come first and i was just like
13:33so so so so lucky
13:46who's the clever clogs and whose brain needs a lot more training
13:50queen elizabeth the first what a lady she ruled for a whopping 45 years a glittering rain known as the
13:57golden age not only did the queen use her tactical brain to send the spanish armada packing but she also
14:02outwitted her rivals for the throne high five lizzie now meet ying jeng first emperor of china a man
14:09obsessed with living forever he sent out explorers to find a magic potion that would help him live for
14:14hundreds of years but after taking the potion he soon became ill and died always read the label
14:20brainy queen elizabeth the first not so brainy ying jeng
14:29competition in brain jitsu dojo hotting up only six brainy remain to battle it out on the watchful eye
14:36of sheehan elena winner of last level cool calm edward tushan i'm really brainy i like science so much
14:46milly well placed in each round so far george i want that black belt all the way i really really
14:53really want it and feisty francesca you got it wrong challenges about to get even tougher only two
15:02brainy will make it to final test table of supreme forecast where must move ball with power of mind
15:10for chance to win brand jitsu black brand belt is time for level three wizard
15:19now we all like to chat but did you know that using words to communicate is one of the main
15:25reasons why
15:25our brains have grown so incredibly powerful and that having a conversation exercises both
15:32halves of the brain allow me to explain think of it like a policeman guiding traffic while the drivers
15:40are focused on their own individual journeys the policeman he has to control all the cars and where
15:46they're going it's the same with the brain there's the left half which deals with the details and there's
15:52the right half which looks at the overall picture this next level of training strengthens my brainy's
15:58focus by working one half of their brain under pressure hey pump it up room of mental nourishment
16:11it's our brainy second visit to the room of mental nourishment where once again they'll train in
16:16preparation for their next challenge which remember is all about using the two halves of the brain to
16:24communicate brain training each bit of body part onto the sumo wrestler another brainy must direct the
16:30blindfolded brainy only three instructions first up are francesca and eleanor but eleanor soon gets
16:37herself into a muddle turn right i think you'll find that's left eleanor
16:45it and things don't improve much when francesca slips on the blindfold
16:52he looks like he's got an itch yes thank you george that's quite enough of that
16:58next it's millie and tushan's turn
17:03right and like eleanor millie's also struggling to get the left side of her brain out of first gear
17:11stick it on
17:15oh time for a training tip develop a system of measurements how many hand widths or pull down
17:26so armed with this new technique how will tushan and george get on take a big foot forward
17:35um rich up about medium height right about five centimeters stick it down
17:45the answer seems to be pretty well by giving george just that little bit of extra information he's helped
17:51his partner create something that looks vaguely human try something similar the next time you're
17:58telling a story by adding a bit of extra detail you'll find that you'll communicate it much better
18:04it does look okay for beginners try but i think much could be improved though i think um we all
18:10found
18:10it's just like sort of a laugh and we just like made it easy and didn't make didn't really focus
18:18very
18:18hard so will eleanor work out her left from her right in time for the next task will edward find
18:26his focus and will jovial george still be smiling when their pressure is really on it's time to find
18:33out as our six now put their communication train into the test punch through number two
18:40this is test of communication skill so six brainy must first divide into teams of two by drawing chopsticks
18:54quickly as possible teams must punch six bucket containing number that go to make some pairs must
19:01decide who is guider who is puncher puncher is blindfold and relying on guider to help find bucket
19:10when all six bucket punched brainy stop clock by shouting brain jitsu quicker they punch bucket
19:17more time they have to pick up number and make some when brainy happy with answer hit gong
19:25first two teams to work out correct answer get green belt and advance to next level one brainy from
19:31losing team losing team will be eliminated the key to success here is for the guider to use the right
19:38side of their brain to follow their teammates progress and give them clear instructions for their partner
19:45it's vital they use the left side of their brain to focus on these instructions and nothing else
19:53take two steps forwards all right to your left other left right to your right
20:00punch first to put their communication training to the test are francesca and millie
20:07right again the smaller step this time right um left a little bit with feisty francesca calling
20:13the shot and millie following a lead the pair quickly find their groove working one half of
20:18the brain each to great effect all right a bit more and punch backwards a bit backwards yep perfect move
20:27a bit to your right punch free jitsu francesca stops the clock at one minute 27 seconds it's a knockout
20:36performance but the girls will have to wait to find out how much extra time it's bought them
20:40to make their sum go forward until i tell you to stop stop next up is edward and tushan in
20:47training
20:48tushan showed most improvement but back then he was guiding now he's punching have the boys made a
20:54tactical error left back punch punch again possibly yes as tushan's punches land wider the mark punch again
21:12punch punch bring it soon still the boys stop the clock at one minute 28 seconds just one second
21:18behind francesca and millie forward right last to punch are eleanor and george perhaps wisely given
21:25his height advantage it's jovial george who's grabbed the glove now move your arm forward now punch
21:31up move to the side move to the side eleanor seems to have forgotten her training expecting george to
21:37guess which direction move forwards punch with george looking more punch drunk than punch-tastic the pair
21:45stopped the clock after a whopping two minutes 44 seconds brain jitsu as the fastest team it's
21:52francesca and millie who set off first to find their numbers here's what our brainies are looking for
21:58can you work out the answer in your head remember the first two teams to work it out will go
22:03through to
22:03the next level in almost no time at all the girls bang their gong just ahead of edward and tushan
22:16with eleanor and george trailing behind but do the answers add up 20 plus 8 equals 28 28 divide by
22:252
22:25equals 14 our teams have found the right answer but as the last to finish it's eleanor and jovial george
22:32will be battling it out to avoid elimination in the step up with just one green belt up for grabs
22:40both
22:41brainies must use all their powers of focus to fight the urge to blink the first to falter will be
22:46eliminated
22:50as wide-eyed as a pair of kids in a video arcade our brainies are refusing to back down
22:57but it's george who goes from think to blink while eleanor survives to fight another day for jovial george
23:05it's time to hand over his orange brain belt and leave the dojo
23:13walk of eternal regret i think eleanor and i did well as a team when we had to punch the
23:21bucket things
23:22i think the communication that was brilliant i was really confident about the stealth and then it all
23:28went my eyes started probably stinging i tried to keep them open and then i blinked
23:39so with four levels to go it's tushan edward milly francesca and eleanor who line up for their green
23:47belts i'm so relieved to be through to the next round because at first i thought i was gonna go
23:54out
23:55i think the training really helped um me and milly to do well in the round because we had to
24:01communicate together and i think that sort of had a special bond which helps us get through
24:13level four move it this fourth level requires our brainies to master a primitive part of the brain
24:21called the amygdala the area that responds to threat remember the last time you felt afraid or
24:31panicky perhaps you're on a ghost train at a fairground well that feeling was triggered by the
24:37old amygdala stress can make you lose focus fact which is why my brainies must train to keep their
24:46emotions under control room of mental nourishment
24:54we're back in the room of mental nourishment and it's time for our five remaining green belt holders
24:59to overcome their fear and stay focused
25:04brain training form a circle pass a disgusting brain boost drink around the circle only passing it
25:12on when you've said a different word relating to the last word someone says after one minute the
25:18brainy holding the drink has to drink it
25:25drink what i hear you ask well the answer is a cup of slimy seaweed
25:32quite right edward it might smell like a sumo's sweaty sock but it's only seaweed
25:41itty grotesque so which of our brainies will remember this and which will let their amygdalas
25:47get the better of them um millie's had a complete mental block just the thought of the drink of
25:54stink is stopping her from thinking of another word three two one i'm finding it hard to think the
26:02word how about slimy nasty nasty nasty my guinea pig cage oh the minute's up and it's tushan
26:13who has to drink the gruesome glop well there's one consolation at least seaweed is good for the old
26:19gray matter
26:24back
26:28whatever this is this is very spicy and disgusting time for a training tip tip
26:37concentrate try to blank out the time and fear of the drink to avoid panicking
26:42cat
26:47mouse focusing only on the task in hand is useful advice for almost any situation in which you feel
26:53nervous the calmer you are the better you'll perform guinea pig
26:58gerbo hamster our five brainies have another go at word association this time reeling off one animal
27:06after another until francesca trips up yeah that's that's that's it that she should drink it
27:17trust me it's icky it's like spicy
27:22i told you i told you someone pass me that water
27:27it was the smell of it and um everything just the look of it was really disgusting so it was
27:32distracting
27:33you from what you were supposed to be doing i'm a little bit scared of the task but not that
27:39much
27:39because my only fear is that of heights will her training help millie keep her anxiety under control
27:47will edward continue to be one cool customer and will feisty francesca be able to block out the memory of
27:53that seaweed it's time to find out as our five are challenged to overcome their fears once again
28:01creepy crawly word grab this level real test of mind over matter for brainies and will push them to
28:10really overcome their fear underneath the creepy crawlies lie an assortment of letters worth different
28:15points brainies have just one minute to plunge hands into tank and pick out up to seven letters each
28:21they then have a further minute to make higher scoring word they can to do well my brainies must
28:30block out the signals coming from their amygdala and ignore the creepy crawlies the quicker they
28:35combat their fear the more time they'll have to pick out the high scoring letters
28:49underneath this pile of worms are an extra five golden letters if our brainies manage to use one in
28:55their word they'll double their score this is okay i'm fine with this oh brave words from francesca
29:03let's see if our other brainies have also remembered their training
29:09our brainies dive in pushing the worms aside to get to the letters underneath
29:17nice tactic tushan by telling himself that the worms feel like something else
29:21he's cleverly allowing himself to focus on just the letters
29:27meanwhile eleanor has found one of the golden letters if she can just make a word she'll double
29:32her score but millie has only got two letters and as with her training appears to be struggling
29:39with both the fear factor and the added time pressure
29:45the minutes up our brainies now have a further minute to make the highest scoring word they can
29:50from their letters
29:54loud i don't think you'll find that in the dictionary eleanor
30:00he might look calm but edward still only managed to pluck out four letters compared to tushan's seven
30:08see if you can make a word from the anagram on the screen now
30:23there's the final gong how have our brainies done
30:27bay with a golden a in his word that's a big fat 14 points for tushan
30:35is just two points for cool calm edward
30:40a and only one for millie
30:45yow
30:47a quick check by the sheehan and it's 10 points for feisty francesca
30:54road and with that golden a in her word it's also 10 points for eleanor
30:59and so by only scoring a single point it's millie who must leave the dojo
31:07walk of eternal regret
31:11well i think it was difficult because i just couldn't put my hand in it it was just so horrible
31:16and when i did um it was all cold and slimy and everything it was just horrible i think francesca
31:25will win because she um is very strong and she'll always want to reach the level that she'll get to
31:30and she'll make sure that she will get it so with three levels to go those who use their minds
31:37to master
31:38the mealworms are duly rewarded with their blue brain belts i was helped by the training a bit because
31:44um it it helped me to like actually go closer to the maggots and make myself actually touch the
31:51letters if it weren't for the training i just wouldn't even be near it i'm really really really
31:56relieved to be in the final four it's a great achievement i helped everybody in there i don't
32:01know why i just cleared all the worms and i thought they were ice cream so i just cleared it
32:05and then
32:05everybody just started picking from the middle brain t2 brainy not so brainy
32:16who's the clever clogs and whose brain needs a lot more training the goggle box what an invention
32:22it's all down to this geezer from bonnie scotland mr john logie baird john was too ill to fight the
32:28first world war so he spent 10 years tinkering with electronics until bingo bingo he goes and
32:34discovers a way of sending pictures through thin air and tv was born truly visionary oh look it's john
32:41logie baird again did you know that before he invented television he faffed around trying to make
32:46diamonds by heating graphite that's the stuff you get in pencils so did it work did it ek he cut
32:52off
32:52glasgow's power supply are you gritt numpty brainy john logie baird not so brainy john logie baird
33:01brain jitsu
33:03brain jitsu
33:05tension in brain jitsu dojo mounting just four young hopeful remain to compete on the watchful eye of
33:12sheehan cool calm edward cheerful tushan always smiley even under pressure i found the game very
33:21stressing and nervous to my brain eleanor level two winner and feisty francesca rules have to be
33:28rules and they always come first only two brainy will make final showdown table of supreme forecast
33:35where must move ball with power of mind the brain jitsu black brain belt is within the grasp
33:41is time for level five red belt if you're learning how to morris dance then you might be interested to
33:51know that your new hobby is doing wonders for your old grey matter exercising both the thinking part of
33:59the brain the cerebrum and the doing part the cerebellum you see doing new things increases the flow of
34:06blood into your head which keeps your brain cells topped up with the oxygen they need to perform at
34:12their best so in level five my brainy's are going to be challenged to learn new skills now you can
34:19speed
34:20up how quickly the brain takes in new stuff and this is what our brainy's are going to train for
34:26now room of
34:28mental nourishment it's our brainy's fourth visit to the room of mental nourishment where they'll be
34:37training their brains in how to learn new skills our brain training today is to flick the bean bag from
34:45the top of your head to the back of your neck yeah is that my name oh my oh my
34:51that is the worst with francesca
34:54sending the jelly beans flying and the others also struggling it looks as though our brainy's are
34:58finding this challenge tough elena in particular is struggling to get both the thinking part and the
35:05doing part of her brain working in harmony see you got it in my neck that rolled down my back
35:11oh dear oh dear time for a training tip i think okay um here's a tip be confident in yourself
35:19look in
35:20the mirror and tell yourself you can do it don't you think it's a bit vain looking yourself in the
35:24mirror but don't you do that every day to like design your face makeup makeup no i don't wear makeup
35:32it might seem weird telling yourself that you're wonderful but self-confidence really can help the
35:39brain to master new skills where the brain's concerned there's no such word as can't
35:44it's just i can do it i can do it i can do it oh you're good at swimming
35:58i'm a fantastic trapeze artist they might not be perfect just yet but at least our brainies are
36:06starting to believe in themselves except elena that is who's struggling to think of anything positive to
36:13say the tip really helped me it did quite because i always like think like that i'm all i can
36:19do it
36:19rather than think i can't do it it's very strange to talk about yourself in a flattering manner so will
36:27her training help elena to find her confidence in time for the next task or will her fellow brainies
36:34force her elimination from the dojo only time will tell as our four now put their latest brain train into
36:41the test chop chop don't drop to win the red brain belt brainies must remain mentally confident as they
36:52learn new physical skill remaining four must keep ball in airflow and guide it along obstacle course through
37:00hoops and into basket it is race against clock but brainies must remain confident there is five second
37:07penalty every time ball drops brainy with slowest time will be eliminated the tip for my brainies in this
37:14next task is to remain calm and think positive thoughts giving in to frustration will only lessen
37:22their focus and slow them up so will our brainies remember their training and stay positive or will they
37:30let the pressure get to them looking as rickety as a rickshaw it's a bit of a slow start for
37:37cheerful
37:38tushan but he quickly finds his rhythm brim full of confidence tushan's making light work of these
37:48obstacles and even slam dunks his basket next to go with the floor is cool calm edward
38:02but it looks as though he's getting a little hot under the collar struggling to make any headway at all
38:16it's a better finish but will is slow start of costing dear never short on confidence feisty
38:23francesca sets off at a fair old lick
38:30but a bit of basket trouble is costing her valuable time
38:39luken a little nervous after a shaky performance during training it's elena's turn
38:45but once up and running her training kicks in and incredibly elena drops her ball only the one time
38:53but with the basket at her mercy it all starts to go horribly wrong
38:56i just can't do it yes you can elena it's all a bit confidence
39:09at last elena finds the basket stopping the clock
39:14which brainy flowed too slow
39:18with three time penalties tushan finished in one minute 22 seconds
39:23racking up eight penalties edward got round in one minute 29 seconds
39:28with five penalties feisty francesca raced around in one minute six seconds
39:34and with a disastrous finish earning her six time penalties elena finished in one minute 30 seconds
39:43so by a solitary second it's elena who's eliminated and must now leave the dojo
39:58walk of eternal regret
40:02i found the brain train before um quite difficult so maybe that's why i
40:07didn't really do very well on the challenge i never even expected to get up to orange belt or
40:15anything and i got all the way up to blue so it was really good to get this far
40:24with two levels to go that leaves just cheerful tushan cool calm edward and feisty francesca to stand
40:31proud in red well it's really great because i won one for the girls because every single one's gone but
40:38me
40:38so boys better watch out me and edward won more games than francesca she's going down
40:43i won like two games and edwards won one was in the teamwork game and so we're gonna come back
40:49i want the black belt so much that i'd do like anything for it
40:57brain t2
41:00level six r roll bolt
41:04it's this level which will decide which two of my remaining braineys will go on to battle it out
41:11for the black belt
41:13imagine you're about to kick a conversion in an important rugby match as well as remembering your
41:19technique there might be a strong wind blowing plus there's a big crowd watching you it's remembering
41:25stuff like this under pressure that level six is all about it centers around three areas of the brain
41:33the seeing part the occipital lobes the memory part the temporal lobes and the movement part the
41:41cerebellum to the max room of mental nourishment our three surviving braineys are back in the room
41:51of mental nourishment this time for a dose of memory training all right guys here's the brain training
41:59memorize the train map this is gonna be fun okay we we made up a funny one glasgow belfast
42:08stratford i can read it millsborough barnesley bristol oh oh so it could be g to the b to the
42:15s the m
42:17b b te no no while francesca seems pretty confident of her memory method the boys aren't so sure
42:25you might get confused with the b's you might go bristol there barnesley there each of us memorize one
42:31track so like i'll memorize that one which goes to edinburgh to bryton i'll do the glasgow yeah and you
42:37do the london glasgow belfast stratford barnesley um nice try francesca but time for a training tip i
42:45think guys for the tip split the tasks memorize a train line each yeah exactly that's what we were doing
42:54indeed it is tushan it's also a great way of exercising your brain
43:00the next time you're at shopping with your family try dividing up your shopping list and see if
43:05between you you can remember everything on it edinburgh i think i've memorized even so francesca's still
43:13struggling let's go belfast stratford bristol barnes barnesley bristol oh yeah no such problems for
43:26edward though then oxford cambridge um leicester leicester leicester leicester no it's leicester
43:35um nottingham preston newcastle well done i'm feeling confident about the game that's going to
43:42come up because my my brain's generally very good at memorizing things boys are going to win the next
43:48challenge we'll see so will feisty francesca get her memory back on track or will cheerful tushan's
43:57prediction of male mental mastery come true only time will tell as our final three put their memory
44:05train into the test for one of two brown brain belts and a place on the table of supreme focus
44:12super memory dizzy dash
44:16rainy is spin around on dizzy wheel total of 10 time while using all power of focus to memorize five
44:24images in front of them then must race against clock to cross balancing beam and collect five images
44:32they have not seen from the 10 hanging above them then must arrange in alphabetical order when brainy
44:42happy with selection hit the gong to stop clock my tip for the brainies is to keep focused on the
44:51main
44:51objective and use their training to link the five images together so as our final three brave the dizzy
45:00wheel will their memory training help them to remember the images and ignore the effects of being spun
45:05round like tadpoles in a tumble dryer
45:19looking just a little unsteady tushan staggers off here are the images he's looking for don't forget
45:26our brainies must fight their dizziness and pick out the five images they didn't see on the wheel
45:31arranging them in alphabetical order for everyone they get wrong it's a five second penalty the
45:37brainy with the slowest time will be eliminated from the dojo
45:44here are those images again and it looks like tushan has found a pineapple from somewhere
45:49a mistake that could prove costly
45:56next to step off the dizzy wheel is cool calm edward not even hesitating to select his five images
46:02this looks like another confident display of memory from the young brainy
46:11a little pause to consider whether alphabetically giraffe comes before guitar and edward bangs his gong
46:24last up is feisty francesca showing great focus she plucks out her images in no time
46:39but for some reason she's placed her apple between the giraffe and the guitar
46:43either she's forgotten that the cards need to be in alphabetical order or she's never seen an apple before
46:52francesca bangs her gong but with penalty points of certainty has she been fast enough to secure her
46:57place in the final showdown let's find out
47:03with one penalty tushan finished in one minute 35 seconds
47:09with no penalties edward finished his task in a quick fire one minute three seconds
47:16while francesca picked up three penalties for her mistake giving her a time of one minute 23 seconds
47:23which means she survived and it's tushan who must hand over his brain belt and leave the dojo
47:33walk of eternal regret i feel fine because i think i made a mistake spending too much time
47:41trying to put it in order the training helped me quite a lot i did memorize everything correctly
47:47i'm really feeling sad because i really wanted the black belt edward's gonna get the black belt because
47:54he's much smarter than francesca and he's a boy so with just one level to go that leaves cool calm
48:03edward
48:03and feisty francesca to don their brown brain belt and prepare for the final showdown i'm so happy i
48:11i knew i got it wrong in the tomato i thought it was a tomato but it was actually an
48:16apple just like
48:17i made it through the finals i'm gonna win it for the boys then we better watch out because francesca's
48:23here
48:46it's really great because i won once
48:53the girls because every single one's gone but me so boys better watch out and cool calm edward winner
49:01of last level i want the black belt so much that i'd do like anything for it but who will
49:10use brain
49:10training to max to win this last challenge level seven black belt so this is it between my two remaining
49:22braineese and the black belt stands brain jitsu's ultimate challenge a mental jewel that is head to
49:30head in every sense the battlefield a table but not just any table for this my friends is the table
49:38of
49:38supreme focus where our two braineese will attempt to move a ball across the table using only the power of
49:47their mind by getting this far they've already demonstrated mental control under many different
49:52types of pressure but now they must learn to focus their minds by entering a state of total calm
50:00to prepare them my two finalists will need to get into the zone room of mental nourishment
50:07i made it through in this their sixth and final visit to the room of mental nourishment
50:16our last two braineese are about to train in how to stay focused no matter what's happening around them
50:24all right here's the brain training chip mentally prepare yourself for the final task don't let the
50:30sounds put you off oh they're good monkeys here
50:37francesca looks as though she's using her breathing to help her shut out the noise
50:42while cool calm edward looks to be in some sort of a trance
50:47good focus brain ease i'm not sure these two need a training tip but here's one anyway for the tip
50:56breathe in slowly through your nose feel the passage of the air and count to five breathe out slowly
51:02through your mouth counting to five repeat i was already doing that
51:16behold on feisty francesca has more words of wisdom up her sleeve
51:20to focus really you just need to make yourself comfortable and i think closing your eyes really
51:24helps just being like touching yeah a bit like that you know when you breathe in and you're just like
51:36i think that too um that told me to be calm was useful because if you panic you normally can't
51:42do
51:42anything this round i'm a lot lot more confident and i think i'll definitely do well and win the black
51:47belts while both our braineese have responded well to their training will they be just as calm when
51:53the pressure is on to win that elusive black belt table of supreme focus rules are simple each brainy
52:05must push ball to the opponent's end of table using only power of mind sensors in brainy's headbands
52:13measure brainwaves this is converted into electrical signal which moves ball more focused mind stronger
52:21finger signal and faster ball will travel see how brainy's are doing on this readout two lines represent each
52:29player's brainwaves lower the line more concentrated their mind
52:43to make sure this is the test of all tests our brainy's must win the best of three rounds
52:50so this is the big one our two finalists must use all their brain training to enter their zone of
52:56absolute focus this is the reason they came to the dojo this is the moment they've been training for
53:07it's feisty francesca who's the first to get the ball moving but cool and calm as ever edward's doing
53:13his best to fight back once again though francesca gets the upper hand
53:23but wait francesca's black brain wave is now all over the place her focus seems to have vanished
53:30it's one nil to edward and feisty francesca will have to call on all her training to help her rediscover
53:36her focus if she's not to be eliminated round two and you can see from the low flat lines on
53:43the readout
53:44that both our brainies are really using their new breathing techniques to maximize focus
53:51this time it's francesca who gets the upper hand leveling the score at one apiece
53:58it's all down to the final round this is now a test of mental endurance as much as anything else
54:03who
54:04will cope best with the brain strain
54:10with both brain waves virtually identical our two brainies are fully focused but it's francesca who's
54:16got the edge her black brain wave just below edwards
54:26it's all over and it's francesca who's emerged triumphant
54:31in a truly epic battle of concentration and focus her training has paid off francesca has proved herself
54:38to be a master of the mind and worthy winner of the brain jitsu black belt
54:45i was just thinking ball ball ball and i sort of just looked at the pool and i didn't see
54:51anything else
54:52my heart is still beating so fast but glory for one brings disappointment for another and although
54:59he fought bravely edward must now leave the dojo walk of eternal regret i think if i just looked at
55:10the ball and nothing else not even the table i would have concentrated hard enough to win i thought i
55:16had
55:16a good chance of getting the black belt but at the end of the day i didn't get it
55:26what a triumph for francesca one nil down on the table of supreme focus this feisty brainy refused to
55:34give up drawing on all her brain training to date she came back to snatch the brain jitsu black brain
55:42belt right from under edward's nose yes you're absolutely brilliant i can't believe i won during
55:51this journey i never thought i'd be standing here right now but um in the beginning i didn't do that
55:56well in the second round i thought i was going to be out i've always done average in pretty much
56:01everything but this time i'm above average and it just makes me feel great our journey has come to
56:08an end another brainy has proven themselves worthy to wear the brain jitsu black belt but while brain
56:16jitsu might represent the most extreme form of brain training its philosophy can be shared by all
56:24each and every one of you has it in your power to grow your mind
56:28all it takes is dedication and practice this has been brain jitsu
56:37you
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