Aggressive Parry

Aggressive Parry is a technique introduced in GURPS Martial Arts for giving an unarmed option resembling the option which weapon parries get against unarmed attacks for free. In this case it allows a penalized Arm Parry the option to do a strike.
Initial text is unclear if it's a Hand Strike like a punch or an Arm Strike like an Elbow or Forearm but:
*MA152 mentions "Aggressive Parry (often with the elbow) to stop punches."
*MA190 mentions "They favor the elbow parry – an Aggressive Parry –"
==Force Swords note==
MA65 mentions:
*Weapon parries against unarmed attacks are essentially aggressive “for free”; see Parrying Unarmed Attacks (p. B376).
This refers to being able to make an attack roll: damage only happens when it hits.
Force Swords are more extreme than that, they simply say (B274 note 7):
:damages any weapon or body part it parries
:or which parries or blocks it
The first part is similar in regard to unarmed attacks, except there's no roll to hit, damage is just rolled automatically.
*damaging weapons is unique, weapons don't damage each other normally unless using Striking At Weapons
*the 2nd part is unique too, as weapons normally only get an option to damage unarmed body parts which FAIL to parry it, but nothing else
This is basically like the Destructive Parry enhancement on Innate Attack.
==Variants==
*Jam allows a penalized Leg Parry to do a strike, unclear if both Foot Jam and Leg Jam are options
*Hand Catch is basically aggressive too (grappling is an attack) so this should actually be the name of a category including this with the name changed to Striking Parry or Damaging Parry
**Grabbing Parry in TG's based on Hand Catch but works differently since it's a single defense roll with cumulative penalties instead of a defense followed by an attack
==see also==
canon techniques
*Escaping Parry
*Interdiction
*Trip
imbuement
*Annihilating Weapon
hypothetical
*Beating Parry
*Defensive Feinting Parry
*Disarming Parry
*Elbow Parry
*Feinting Parry similar to a Riposte
*Flipping Parry ie Throwing Parry
*Forearm Parry
*Push Jam
*Shoving Parry
*Slamming Parry
Category:Parries