[Martial Arts] Reversed Grip and reach 2 weapons

[Arpade]

Hi,

I was reading some Martial Arts rules while doing some character planning and ran into a matter of text interpretation that while not terribly relevant for me, made me somewhat curious.

The reverse grip rules clearly state weapons with reach C, 1 and 2 can be reversed. Furthermore, when determining reach modifications it states "A reach 2 weapon functions as reach 1 for all purposes".

Now, later it specifies that reach C and 1 weapons can parry with brawling and karate skills.

What is bothering me is that i feel that it specifies C and 1 reach weapons can make brawling/karate parries in opposition to reach 2 weapons which cannot (otherwise i figure the text would be just "a reversed weapon can make brawling/karate parries").

On the other hand there is that itallic "all" when defining a reversed grip reach 2 weapon has reach 1, so maybe it now counts as reach 1? And i never really saw many melee weapons upclose, but for me it is not intuitive that a Backsword could make such a parry and a edged rapier could not.

So basically i wanted to ask if a reach 2 weapon in reverse grip can make brawling/karate parries.

Sorry for the long text for a short question, i tend to want to make sure i am properly expressing myself and exaggerate.