A bunch of Martial Arts questions

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Dinadon

The use of any should make it clear that that applies to any weapon. You then have three paragraphs for the additional rules covering specific cases; one handed weapons, two handed weapons, and swords.

I must have asked the question poorly: Can you take on a defensive grip with (say) a katana and gain the +1 frontal parry WITHOUT gripping the ricasso and getting the -2 to swing damage (as in, these are two different versions of the defense grip) or is gripping the ricasso the way one gets the frontal +1 parry, and thus you must take the -2 swing damage to get the +1 frontal parry (assuming you don't do the thing where you put one hand on the back of the tip)

The Power Grappling Perk should help.

Er... power grappler is never useful to a low ST character.