Editing Hapkido (section)

=== Weapons ===
As a hapkido student advances through the various belt levels (essentially the same as other Korean arts, e.g. [[taekwondo]]), he or she learns how to employ and defend against various weapons. The first weapon encountered is most often a [[knife]] ({{Korean|hangul=칼|rr=kal}}). Another initial weapon used to teach both control and the basic precepts of utilizing a weapon with Hapkido techniques is the Tan Bong ([[Baton (law enforcement)|police baton]] sized stick), techniques and defenses against the 35&nbsp;cm short stick ({{Korean|hangul=단봉|hanja=短棒|rr=danbong}}), a [[walking stick]] or [[Stick-fighting|cane]] (chi-pang-ee; 지팡이), and a [[rope]] are introduced in hapkido training. Many hapkido organisations may also include other weapons training such as a [[sword]] (keum; 검), long [[Stick fighting|staff]] ({{Korean|hangul=장봉|hanja=長棒|rr=changbong}}), [[Jō|choong bong length staff]], [[nunchaku]] ({{Korean|hangul=쌍절곤|hanja=雙節棍|rr=ssangchulbong}}), war-fan or other types of bladed weapons such as twin short swords. Some schools even teach students to defend against firearms.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Hapkido weapons techniques are often incorporated into many military and law enforcement training curricula.