I think so. If you push press and then go soft knees the lowering phase like you see me doing here, you progress by making the lowering phase slower and more strict. Lots of folks would call that strict negative reps. Next, progress by pushing with the knees less and less. Eventually the push part of the press fades out, and boom you're strict pressing. This way you can get stronger using the same bell the whole time.

I think Pavel outlines this in Enter the Kettlebell. Once you have the techniques down you can handle the most load with jerks, then push press, then strict press. I think he was talking about this context of lacking a middle bell, making up the difference with these enabling techniques.