May I beg to disagree?
of course. It's a discussion forum. I'm an ex glider FI who used to instruct in UK up to 1991, then France.
It seems that techniques differ a little between the two countries. We don't normally use all the available flap for landing, so that's probably same same.
We do use a constant aspect though we don't cut the corner as is now taught in UK, at least not officially. The idea is to set up a half brake approach anywhere between the start of the base leg and the start of the final approach with the glider configured for landing. Personally I like that 45 degree leg. I hope you agree with me that it's a lot easier to put a glider in a field than it is a light aircraft with a dead engine which was the main point of my post.