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John Lindsey
17th July 2003, 05:37
The rules are that you have to use a real quatrain from Nostradamus and make it appear to predict something related to martial arts.

For instance, he predicted the rise of groundfighting and the popularity of the Gracie family...

C1Q57
Through great dissension the earth will tremble,
harmony broken lifting its head to heaven:
the bloody mouth will swim in the blood,
on the ground the face anointed with milk and honey.

A. M. Jauregui
17th July 2003, 08:44
Here are the best two that I could find. And my prophesy for each. :cool:

C6Q14

Loing de sa terre Roy perdra la bataille,
Prompt eschappé poursuivy suivant prins
Ignare prins soubz la doree maille
Soubz fainct habit & l'ennemy surprins.
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Far from his land a King will lose the battle,
At once escaped, pursued, then captured,
Ignorant one taken under the golden mail,
Under false garb, and the enemy surprised.

A prophesy about a great ninja will rise up from obscurity to fight in a future NHB match. The ninja will be beaten and run from the ring. Using ninja deception they will come back to take on the NHB champion with a golden belt.

C3Q40

Le grand theatre se viendra redresser,
Le dez getté & les retz ja tendus:
Trop le premier en glaz viendra lasser,
Par arcz prostrais de long temps ja fendus.
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The great theater will come to be set up again:
The dice cast and the snares already laid.
Too much the first one will come to tire in the death knell,
Prostrated by arches already a long time split.
!
I will rise up to be the soke of Ono-ha Itto-ryu and fight all comers to show the superior ways of my style in an ancient Japanese arena. My rise to the top is not unnoticed by kendo practitioners around the world, so a movementis started in the kendo world that emphasizes kata and bokuto use. By the time I reach the top of my ryu and am ready to take on all comers, I will be an old woman far battle worn and therefore defected. :laugh: ;)

Cady Goldfield
17th July 2003, 15:30
Ana, I took those quatrains to predict the coming of Jean-Claude Van Damme and his schlocky chop sockey B-movies.

"Nostradumbass" :laugh: Good one, John.

John Lindsey
17th July 2003, 15:46
Here is one that predicted the forming of the Soke Council (also known as the "lonely arts club band") and the reactions of the more traditional martial artists:
#C1Q97
That which fire and sword did not know how to accomplish,
the smooth tongue in council will come to achieve:
Through repose, a dream, the King will be made to meditate,
the enemy more in fire and military blood