For me it depends. At the risk of offending you (you have a lot of shaving experience) some beginning honers find using no pressure a big challenge, and given that your blade was probably just shy of that point when no pressure would be demanded I'd say no, a little pressure is okay*.

Now though, I think your probably already past the point when you could have used pressure. Now your into the big boy territory. Its all about a perfect, repeatative stroke without pressure. Now, a single lift of the razor off kilter and your in big trouble and the slightest pressure will lift the edge off the hone or misalign the edge as you stroke.

But you've got pastes to lean on a little to get your ultra sharpness from.

One of the new guys hit the secret on the head, I forget who, but he described it as a chain reaction of sorts. You have to link the grits together or step off from grit to grit, micron to micron.

* ultimately though you want to use no pressure most of the time.