We Offer Training for ALL Experience Levels
From foundational techniques to advanced tactical training, our mission is to provide you with the tools and knowledge for effective self-defense and responsible firearm use.
Our training is focused on building practical, real-world skills in a safe, supportive, and professional environment.
Our approach emphasizes hands-on practice, safety, and a deep understanding of the responsibilities that come with firearm ownership and self-defense.
Candy Petticord
Northpointe Training’s Chief Instructor, Candy Petticord, has been ecstatically married to her bestest bud, Jim, for 30+ years and they have twelve Pettipeeps, all of whom are skilled shooters.
Candy began her shooting journey when she received her CCW Permit and realized, with a ridiculously high amount of clarity and discomfort, that a day’s training and a plastic card from the Sheriff’s Office doth not a skilled and/or competent shooter make.
Having been heavily influenced by her CCW Instructor on the critical importance of life-long training for CCW/CHL holders, Candy firmly believes that everyone using a firearm or carrying a firearm for self-defense must seek out and commit to engaging in quality and on-going firearms training.
She also ardently believes that educated, trained, law-abiding, and skilled “good guys” with firearms make for safer communities. With this in mind, she has avidly pursued firearms and self-defense trainings for herself and her family, and she is enthusiastic about sharing with others the awesome trainings, wisdom, and guidance she has received.
Candy is a Certified NRA Training Counselor, an NRA & USCCA Certified Instructor in multiple disciplines, a Rangemaster Certified Pistol Instructor, the Training Coordinator for Buckeye Firearms Association, a Certified NRA CRSO and Refuse To Be A Victim® Instructor, a SABRE Pepper Spray Certified Instructor, a U.S. Law Shield Certified Firearms Instructor, an HSI Certified Medical Instructor in various fields, a Chapter Facilitator for three Ohio Chapters of A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League, an IBDD Certified Instructor, a MUNIO Self-Defense Certified Instructor, a former Chapter Leader for The Well Armed Woman, a board member for FASTER Saves Lives, the Ohio State Director for the DC Project – Women For Gun Rights, a member of the IDPA, a Life Member of the NRA, and a Life Member of Buckeye Firearms Association. She is also owner and Chief Instructor for Northpointe Training, LLC, and a dealer for Laser Ammo and MantisX firearm training systems and MUNIO Self-Defense Kubaton Keychains.
Besides traditional firearms training, Candy also has training in defensive knife, personal self-defense, tactical rifle & shotgun, impact weapons, non-traditional self-defense techniques, Image Based Decisional Drills, active killer response, church security team training, home defense strategies, first aid and tactical medical response, MUNIO keychain self-defense, and oc pepper spray use and she is a published author.
Candy has successfully trained with renowned instructors including Daniel Clevenger, Drew Ferringer, Mr. John Benner, Sylvester Pocius, Andrew Blubaugh, Klint Macro, Tom Givens, Michelle Cerino, Philip Toppino, Greg Ellifritz, Forrest Sonewald, LouAnn Hamblin, Chris Cerino, Morgan Hayes, Bud Moore III, Kerry Dugan Jr., Monique Hayes, and Jessamy Bright. She is an alumna of D&D Firearms Instructors LLC, Tactical Defense Institute, Buckeye Firearms Association, LouKa Tactical, Patronus Training, Cerino Training and Consulting Group LLC, Morgan Hayes Training, W.O.F.T., Apex Shooting and Tactics, LLC, SIG Academy, Sly Tac Training/E.A.S.T. Group, Alliance Safety Solutions, Strategos International, Ohio Personal Protection, Spartan Medical Concepts, Premier Shooting & Training Center, and other training facilities.
Northpointe Training, LLC is truly a family affair as Candy’s loving husband, Jim, and her amazing son, Michael, are also certified firearms instructors, and her son, Daniel, and daughters, Abby and Naomi, are exceptionally talented marksPettipeeps. 😎🎯😎
Candy is passionate about sharing her skills, trainings, and protector/defender mindset with others, and she uses her warmth and sense of humor to instruct and encourage people, especially ladies and youth, who want to own the responsibility of being their own first responder by preparing for their personal safety and the safety of their loved ones. 🥰
Courses Taught
Concealed Carry Training, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Rifle, Shotgun, NRA Courses, USCCA Courses, Active Shooter Response Training, In Home Defense Training, Church / Business – Safety / Security, Scenario Based Training, Women’s Only Courses, Private Classes (Group / Individual), Virtual Simulation, Seminars / Lectures, Combatives / Less Lethal, Medical Other
Whether your goal is to learn how to safely handle a firearm, enhance your personal security, or gain advanced tactical skills, our training is designed to empower you with the knowledge, techniques, and mindset necessary for any situation.
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