Years ago I was dating a girl in the Naval Reserves , she had said something similar . Not punching people however swimming to them from the back , than applying a type of rear naked choke , basically cause just enough lack of oxygen to cause the struggle to stop . <| sep |> Farm StardustsStar Pieces at Hano Beach Resort from Staryu ' s . They can be knocked out with one Thief pretty easily and have Stardust 1 . 5 k 50 % of the time and Star Pieces 15 k about 20 % of the time and also have a chance to drop a second item when they get knocked out . Otherwise , boulder farming with Tauros . If you can find a place next to an exitentrance with 34 boulders , they have a chance of dropping Star Dust , Comet Shards 30 k , and Star Pieces as well and charging back and forth and picking up any items that drop is easy . There ' s one spot postgame that ' s pretty good for farming this .