It wasn't that bad. It could very well have been much worse. The
girl who was my fight partner felt terrible about the whole thing. It was my fault as much as it was hers; I was supposed to parry better, and she was supposed to pull her strike better. No worries. Our fight choreographer made us go practice the fight again (off stage) as a way of getting back in the saddle, and everything went fine...
The more embarassing screw-up happened when I fell right off the (4-foot-high) stage in the middle of a fight.
-BP