Shihan (grand master) is a job title, a license, or a title of an instructor of martial arts including swordplay, iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword), kendo (Japanese art of fencing), aikido (art of weaponless self-defense), and karate (traditional Japanese martial art), and other accomplishments, and it is also called shihan go (title of grand master.)
師範は剣術、居合道、剣道、合気道、空手などの武道、その他、芸道における指導者の職位或いは免許、称号を意味し、師範号とも称される。