After several resolings, my boots finally fell apart.

Chinese martial arts have existed for well over 3,000 years. Wrestling and swordsmanship both have a long history, as do Chinese Internal Alchemy and breathing methods. These disparate elements, married by Yin Yang theory, became what we now call Tai Chi Chuan.]

(when referring to Hong Kong Island)

...quagmires and bogges of Romish superstition...