diff --git a/docs/engine.html b/docs/engine.html
index e94d8a097..1d85c7812 100644
--- a/docs/engine.html
+++ b/docs/engine.html
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   </tr>
 </table>
 
-<p>The check can be tailored for types, methods and others. What is included in others are: <span class="code">switch, while, for, do, if, else, synchronized </span>. It does not include array initializers, .</p>
+<p>The check can be tailored for types, methods and others. What is included in others are the keywords <span class="code">switch, while, for, do, if, else, synchronized, try, catch, finally, static</span>.</p>
 
 <h3><a name="length">Long Lines</a></h3>
 <p>Checks for lines that are longer than a specified length. The default is <span class="default">&quot;80&quot;</span>. This can be turned off for <code>import</code> statements.</p>
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Scope.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Scope.java
index 63bbaba88..dde79a536 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Scope.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Scope.java
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ public final class Scope implements Comparable
 
     /** map from scope names to the respective Scope */
     private static final Map NAME_TO_SCOPE = new HashMap();
-    static
-    {
+    static {
         NAME_TO_SCOPE.put(SCOPENAME_NOTHING, NOTHING);
         NAME_TO_SCOPE.put(SCOPENAME_PUBLIC, PUBLIC);
         NAME_TO_SCOPE.put(SCOPENAME_PROTECTED, PROTECTED);
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
index f069882b6..2e4d1b373 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ field!
 {
     java.util.List exs = new java.util.ArrayList();
     MethodSignature msig = new MethodSignature();
-    final MyCommonAST[] lcurls = new MyCommonAST[2];
+    final MyCommonAST[] stmtBraces = new MyCommonAST[2];
 }
 	:	// method, constructor, or variable declaration
 		mods:modifiers[msig.getModSet()]
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ field!
                     ver.reportStartMethodBlock();
                 }
 				(
-                    s2:compoundStatement[lcurls]
+                    s2:compoundStatement[stmtBraces]
                     {
-                        ver.verifyLCurlyMethod(msig.getLineNo(), lcurls[0]);
+                        ver.verifyLCurlyMethod(msig.getLineNo(), stmtBraces[0]);
                         ver.verifyMethodLength(#s2.getLineNo(),
                                                sCompoundLength);
                     }
@@ -370,8 +370,12 @@ field!
 		)
 
     // "static { ... }" class initializer
-	|	"static" {ver.reportStartMethodBlock();} s3:compoundStatement[sIgnoreAST] {ver.reportEndMethodBlock();}
-		{#field = #(#[STATIC_INIT,"STATIC_INIT"], s3);}
+	|	st:"static" {ver.reportStartMethodBlock();} s3:compoundStatement[stmtBraces]
+        {
+            #field = #(#[STATIC_INIT,"STATIC_INIT"], s3);
+            ver.reportEndMethodBlock();
+            ver.verifyLCurlyOther(st.getLine(), stmtBraces[0]);
+        }
 
     // "{ ... }" instance initializer
 	|	{ver.reportStartMethodBlock();} s4:compoundStatement[sIgnoreAST] {ver.reportEndMethodBlock();}
@@ -561,7 +565,7 @@ statement[int[] aType, MyCommonAST[] aCurlies]
 	// Attach a label to the front of a statement
 	|	IDENT c:COLON^ {#c.setType(LABELED_STAT);} statement[sIgnoreType, sIgnoreAST]
 
-	// If-else statement
+    // If-else statement
 	|	ii:"if"^ LPAREN! expression RPAREN! statement[stmtType, stmtBraces]
         {
             aType[0] = STMT_IF;
@@ -720,17 +724,32 @@ forIter
 
 // an exception handler try/catch block
 tryBlock
-	:	t:"try"^ compoundStatement[sIgnoreAST]
-        { ver.verifyWSAroundBegin(t.getLine(), t.getColumn(), t.getText()); }
+{
+    final MyCommonAST[] stmtBraces = new MyCommonAST[2];
+}
+	:	t:"try"^ compoundStatement[stmtBraces]
+        {
+            ver.verifyWSAroundBegin(t.getLine(), t.getColumn(), t.getText());
+            ver.verifyLCurlyOther(t.getLine(), stmtBraces[0]);
+        }
 		(handler)*
-		( "finally"^ compoundStatement[sIgnoreAST] )?
+		(
+            f:"finally"^ compoundStatement[stmtBraces]
+            { ver.verifyLCurlyOther(f.getLine(), stmtBraces[0]); }
+        )?
 	;
 
 
 // an exception handler
 handler
-	:	c:"catch"^ LPAREN! parameterDeclaration[new MethodSignature()] RPAREN! compoundStatement[sIgnoreAST]
-        {ver.verifyWSAroundBegin(c.getLine(), c.getColumn(), c.getText());}
+{
+    final MyCommonAST[] stmtBraces = new MyCommonAST[2];
+}
+	:	c:"catch"^ LPAREN! parameterDeclaration[new MethodSignature()] RPAREN! compoundStatement[stmtBraces]
+        {
+            ver.verifyWSAroundBegin(c.getLine(), c.getColumn(), c.getText());
+            ver.verifyLCurlyOther(c.getLine(), stmtBraces[0]);
+        }
 	;
 
 
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
index e32a62920..5c9b1e68e 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ public class CheckerTest
             filepath + ":109: Expected @param tag for 'aOne'.",
             filepath + ":109: Expected @param tag for 'aFour'.",
             filepath + ":109: Expected @param tag for 'aFive'.",
+            filepath + ":129: '{' should be on the previous line.",
         };
 
         verify(c, filepath, expected);
@@ -647,11 +648,14 @@ public class CheckerTest
         assertNotNull(c);
         final String[] expected = {
             filepath + ":19: '{' should be on the previous line.",
-            filepath + ":22: '{' should be on the previous line.",
-            filepath + ":29: '{' should be on the previous line.",
-            filepath + ":33: '{' should be on the previous line.",
-            filepath + ":51: '{' should be on the previous line.",
-            filepath + ":53: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":21: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":23: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":30: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":34: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":42: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":46: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":52: '{' should be on the previous line.",
+            filepath + ":54: '{' should be on the previous line.",
         };
         verify(c, filepath, expected);
     }
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputLeftCurlyOther.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputLeftCurlyOther.java
index 943aaf85c..6666bd3d4 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputLeftCurlyOther.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputLeftCurlyOther.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class InputLeftCurlyOther
         int a = 2;
         while (true)
         {
-            try {
+            try
+            {
                 if (x > 0)
                 {
                     break;