Valuable pleasure slaves are taught to defend themselves and to some degree to defend their master, usually through light martial arts training (also good for the physsique) and profieciency with the needle-like houri dagger. Their training is designed for short one-to-one encounters, not sustained battle. A leman's combat training can be far more comprehensive, especially if they have bodyguard or espionage duties.


Kiivan has been trained over the last six (of his) years in a variety of techniques on half a dozen worlds. He's had some very distinguished instructors including the Yellow Flashlight Corps, Vaahir of Viigo, and Shazana Pel. He's more likely to have studied with Yuki than Chiaki, although that might also be possible. His combat training programme was arranged by the Hooded Hood.