[Tennessee Gentleman]

We were taught this stance when I took training for my CCW license. The stance was to be used at the three yard and less distance. Our teacher told us that the real reason he taught it was because the stance made it very difficult for a bad guy to take the weapon away from you. Our teacher reasoned most situations would be very close quarters and with the weapon close to your body it was more difficult to wrest it away. If you try it vice a weaver or isoceles you can see that it does work. Our teacher believed a big risk was a confrontation where someone would take away your weapon and use it against you. Hence he taught that technique.