Maybe this isn't quite the correct forum for the question, but it ought to do...

I was trained to keep my right elbow up, more or less horizontal, in the offhand. But I don't recall a reason, besides to form a nice little pocket for the butt. Anyone know a good one?

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Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else. -Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5