It has been claimed that the works of the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty have contributed to the studies of the body and motricity; however, this contribution is not entirely clear. The present work consists of exploring some modes of the presence of the philosophical work of Merleau-Ponty in dialogue with these studies. To achieve this, it is based on two analyzes carried out by the philosopher around the body and the word. These analyzes allow us to identify some strong theses that could broaden the conception of the body and its expressive possibilities. The article concludes with the outline of a relationship between the author’s philosophical thesis with some work on the body and motricity in the educational context. The conclusion we draw from this analysis is that a philosophical review of these disciplines contributes to the strength and validity of its paradigms.