广东传统洪拳名列广东五大名拳之首，属于南少林武术流派。据传为清乾隆年间武术大师洪熙官所创编。桥功在传统洪拳中有极其重要的地位，是一套静力性训练与劲力训练的相结合的功法。其特点有：劈、挑、沉、膀、运、挂、封、截、切、沟、剪、爆。练习者通过桥功的训练，可逐步形成内力、耐力、劲力的统一，即所谓的“力重桥沉”。此功法效果明显，练习者可在较短的时间内获得深厚的功力。

Qiao Boxing  

Guangdong traditional Hong Boxing, which belongs to the Southern Shaolin martial arts school, ranks the first among the five famous boxings of Guangdong. It is said that it was created by the martial arts master Hong Xiguan in the Qing Dynasty, when Qianlong was the emperor.Qiao Boxing occupies a prominent place in traditional Hong Boxing. It combines static training and fierce training. It features cleaving, stretching, subsiding, shouldering, carrying, hitching, sealing, cutting, clipping, captivating, lopping and bursting. By practicing Forearm Boxing, the practices can gradually achieve the unification of internal force, resistance, and strength, which is the so called “firm and powerful”. This kind of boxing is effective. Practicers can develop profound efficacy in a short period of time.