Parkour: re-discovering the body in the young tracers of the city of Cali

The article presents some reflections related to the practice of Parkour in the urban context of Cali, from an interpretative perspective, it gives account of the tensions of some social values ​​such as: discipline - freedom, routine - improvisation, risk - control; caused in the paradigm shift and passage from modernity to postmodernity and reflected in the body of practitioners. For this, an ethnographic approach was made from the participant observation of the constituent elements of Parkour, complementing with field notes, interviews, consultation of official virtual pages of the groups and photographs of the practice. At the end, it is suggested that Parkour promotes docile bodies, develops a technique that allows efficient urban displacements supported by the body's hexis, which leads to a habitus and wear that makes sense to the tracers, because the body is transformed into a vehicle and anchoring mechanism of optimal experiences. El artículo presenta algunas reflexiones relacionadas con la práctica del Parkour en el contexto urbano de Cali, desde una perspectiva interpretativa, da cuenta de las tensiones de algunos valores sociales como: disciplina - libertad, rutina - improvisación, riesgo - control; ocasionadas en el cambio de paradigma y pasaje de la modernidad a la posmodernidad y reflejadas en el cuerpo de los practicantes. Para ello, se realizó un acercamiento etnográfico desde la observación participante de los elementos constitutivos del Parkour, complementando con notas de campo, entrevistas, consulta de páginas virtuales oficiales de los grupos y fotografías de la práctica. Al finalizar, se sugiere, que el Parkour propicia cuerpos dóciles, desarrolla una técnica que permite realizar desplazamientos urbanos eficaces soportados en la hexis corporal, lo cual conlleva a un habitus y desgaste que procura sentido a los trazadores, porque el cuerpo se transforma en un vehículo y mecanismo de anclaje de experiencias óptimas.The article presents some reflections related to the practice of Parkour in the urban context of Cali, from an interpretative perspective, it gives account of the tensions of some social values ​​such as: discipline - freedom, routine - improvisation, risk - control; caused in the paradigm shift and passage from modernity to postmodernity and reflected in the body of practitioners. For this, an ethnographic approach was made from the participant observation of the constituent elements of Parkour, complementing with field notes, interviews, consultation of official virtual pages of the groups and photographs of the practice. At the end, it is suggested that Parkour promotes docile bodies, develops a technique that allows efficient urban displacements supported by the body's hexis, which leads to a habitus and wear that makes sense to the tracers, because the body is transformed into a vehicle and anchoring mechanism of optimal experiences.&nbsp