If you'd like to use the fists or hand-to-hand combat, there's a trick in leveling up your throwing skills to max by repeatedly throwing an item. Do this after you completed Vishnal's tutorial on farming. Go to a corner and press the directional button where you keep walking but stays at the same place then repeatedly press A to throw the held item(this does not upgrade walking though).To level up walking, just walk around the farm. Also, do not remove the grass, till the soil, and water the tilled soil while Vishnal's farming tutorial is not yet complete, it does not give you experience. Note: This requires very long patience because this might take a while. Also, do not leave the farm in doing this trick, because time will start to flow again when you do so (time stops when Vishnal is still teaching you).